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The word teenager [ ˈtiːnˌeɪdʒɚ ], also shortened to teen , comes from English and actually describes a person who is at least 13 ( thirteen ) and at most 19 ( nineteen ) years old, but sometimes (incorrectly) also includes younger and older people. The numbers 13 to 19 end in “ teen ”, the ending “ ager ” refers to the English word age for (age) age.

The term was used in the USA from around the mid-1930s and finally caught on there in the mid-1940s. The emergence of the new definition of young people as teenagers was closely linked to the developing consumer society and the growing interest of young people as a target group for modern marketing. After the Second World War , the term quickly established itself in Europe and, due to the American occupation, particularly quickly in West Germany.

In contrast, under German civil law, a young person is a person who is at least 14 but not yet 18 years old. Until the 1960s, girls of this age were sometimes referred to colloquially with the word backfisch , which is now considered out of date .

Male youths who display behavior stood out or showed approaches to criminal behavior, was called into the early 1970s in western Germany yobs (with a connotation of hooligan ). However, this term is also out of date and most young people no longer know it in its original context.

Teenagers are clichéd , especially in teen films, as lively and emotionally unstable, which is supposed to allude to the problems of puberty .

The term youth is a term in youth law , according to which the criminal responsibility is assigned (14 to 21 years). The transition from childhood through adolescence to adulthood is called adolescence .

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Wiktionary: teenagers  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Duden Online: Teenager and Teen
  2. ↑ Etymological dictionary of German (after Pfeifer)
  3. ↑ Attempted Murder by US Teenagers: A Victim for Slenderman. In: Spiegel Online , June 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Sonic Youth in Munich - carrot and stick. In: Sueddeutsche.de , May 17, 2010.
  5. ↑ Jon Savage: Teenage. The Creation of Youth Culture , London 2007, p. 453.
  6. ↑ Jon Savage: Teenage. The Creation of Youth Culture , London 2007, p. 461.
  7. ↑ Look inside the book. All terms in: Manfred Günther : Dictionary youth-age