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Teenager

Teenager

See also: teenager and teen-ager

German

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Teenager m (genitive Teenagers, plural Teenager)

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

Etymology 2

Tee (tea) + Nager (nibbler; rodent)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteːˌnaːgɐ/

Noun

Teenager m (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)

teenager

teenager

See also: Teenager and teen-ager

English

Teenagers.

Noun

teenager (plural teenagers)

  1. A person between 13 and 19 years of age; an adolescent.

Usage notes

Sometimes only refers up to the legal minor limit in many countries of eighteen years old, or sometimes only refers up to the point of high school graduation. In the earlier years, sometimes referred to as a youth; in later years, sometimes referred to as a young adult.

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Danish

Etymology

From English teenager

Noun

teenager c (definite singular teenageren, indefinite plural teenagere or teenagers, definite plural teenagerne)

  1. a teenager

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French

Noun

teenager m, f (plural teenagers)

  1. teenager