Jung

See also: jung

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Jung. Doublet of Young.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊŋ/

Proper noun

Jung

1. Jung, a surname of German origin
2. Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology.

Coordinate terms

• Freud

Derived terms

• Jungian

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʌŋ/

Proper noun

Jung

1. A surname from Korean.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jung is the 1,486^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 24,026 individuals. Jung is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (67.76%) and White (28.40%) individuals.

German

Etymology 1

The same as Junge with dialectal apocope.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊŋ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Jung m (strong or mixed, genitive (uncommon) Jungs, plural Jungs or Jungen)

1. (regional, colloquial) Alternative form of Junge (“boy, guy”)

   Der Jung hat echt was drauf!

   That guy really has some skills.

Declension

Declension of Jung [masculine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Jung	die	Jungs, Jungen
genitive	eines	des	Jungs1	der	Jungs, Jungen
dative	einem	dem	Jung	den	Jungs, Jungen
accusative	einen	den	Jung	die	Jungs, Jungen

¹Uncommon.

Interjection

Jung

1. (colloquial) man! come on!

   Jung! Jetz' mach kein' Scheiß und sei ruhig!

   Man! Now shut up and be quiet!

Etymology 2

From jung (“young”), originally denoting the younger of two namesakes in a family.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊŋ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Jung m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Jungs or (with an article) Jung, feminine genitive Jung, plural Jungs)

1. a common surname transferred from the nickname

Declension

Declension of Jung [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Jung	(eine)	(die)	Jung	(die)	Jungs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Jungs, Jung1	(einer)	(der)	Jung	(der)	Jungs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Jung	(einer)	(der)	Jung	(den)	Jungs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Jung	(eine)	(die)	Jung	(die)	Jungs

¹With an article.

Further reading

• “Jung” in Duden online
• “Jung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Karo Batak Jung.

Proper noun

Jung

1. a surname from Karo Batak