Modern English → Old English
Old English word for youth
7 headwords match “youth”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; geoguþ ranks first.
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youth — youth (quality or state of being young)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeoguþ genitive singular ġeoguþe dative singular ġeoguþe accusative singular ġeoguþe nominative plural ġeoguþa, ġeoguþe genitive plural ġeoguþa -
youth — youth, adolescence
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeoguþhād genitive singular ġeoguþhādes dative singular ġeoguþhāde accusative singular ġeoguþhād nominative plural ġeoguþhādas genitive plural ġeoguþhāda -
youth — youth, stripling; boy, lad
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cnæpling genitive singular cnæplinges dative singular cnæplinge accusative singular cnæpling nominative plural cnæplingas genitive plural cnæplinga -
youth — a youth
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeongling genitive singular ġeonglinges dative singular ġeonglinge accusative singular ġeongling nominative plural ġeonglingas genitive plural ġeonglinga -
youth — child, son, descendant; young man, youth
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular byre genitive singular byres dative singular byre accusative singular byre nominative plural byras genitive plural byra -
youth — a youth engaged in study: student, apprentice, disciple
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular leornungcniht genitive singular leornungcnihtes dative singular leornungcnihte accusative singular leornungcniht nominative plural leornungcnihtas genitive plural leornungcnihta -
youth — boyhood
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cnihthād genitive singular cnihthādes dative singular cnihthāde accusative singular cnihthād nominative plural cnihthādas genitive plural cnihthāda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “youth” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “youth”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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