Teenager

See also: teenager and teen-ager

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English teenager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːnˌɛɪ̯.d͡ʒɐ/, /ˈtiː.ne.d͡ʒɐ/

Noun

Teenager m (strong, genitive Teenagers, plural Teenager)

1. teenager (person between 13 and 19 years of age)

   Synonym: Jugendlicher

Declension

Declension of Teenager [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Teenager	die	Teenager
genitive	eines	des	Teenagers	der	Teenager
dative	einem	dem	Teenager	den	Teenagern
accusative	einen	den	Teenager	die	Teenager

Derived terms

• Teenagerin

Etymology 2

Tee (“tea”) +‎ Nager (“nibbler; rodent”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːˌnaːɡɐ/

Noun

Teenager m (strong, genitive Teenagers, plural Teenager)

1. (humorous) a person or animal that nibbles tea (the word has no real-life referent, but sees some usage as a pun on etymology 1)

Declension

Declension of Teenager [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Teenager	die	Teenager
genitive	eines	des	Teenagers	der	Teenager
dative	einem	dem	Teenager	den	Teenagern
accusative	einen	den	Teenager	die	Teenager

Further reading

• “Teenager” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Teenager” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Teenager” in Duden online
• “Teenager” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Teenager on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de