Jahn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jahn.

Proper noun

Jahn

  1. A surname from German.
    • 2025 September 25, Amanda Musa, Priscilla Alvarez, Leigh Waldman, “A detainee is dead after officials say a shooter fired ‘indiscriminately’ at a Texas ICE facility. Here’s what we know”, in CNN[1]:
      The shooter believed to be responsible for the incident was identified as Joshua Jahn, according to three sources familiar with the case. [] In 2016, when he was 19, Jahn was charged with delivering more than one-fourth of an ounce of marijuana, according to Collin County court records. He pleaded guilty and the case against him was deferred, with Jahn being placed on probation.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjaɦn̩]

Proper noun

Jahn m anim (female equivalent Jahnová)

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

Further reading

  • Jahn”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

Reduced from Johannes; as an Eastern German surname, also from Czech Jan, itself related to the former.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

  1. a surname

Further reading