Plural of youth
regular plural
The plural of youth is youths.
Forms of youth
| Singular | youth /juːθ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | youths /juːðz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Youths in a sentence
- There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
- Those three young men are particularly callow youths.From the entry callow
- The Northern youths did not agitate for the sack of previous Defence Ministers.2026 March 15, Ejikeme Omenazu, “Anxiety Returns Over Upsurge Of Ferocious Banditry”, in Independent. From the entry ridiculous
- None of the youths – ages 16 to 26 – appeared to flinch.2007 November 1, “Trial by ordeal makes the guilty burn but ‘undermines justice’”, in IRIN, archived from the original on 06 May 2017. From the entry sassywood
- Through Pyon JDSN, whose love for the young souls is ardent, our youths' souls will be revived.2003, Manwoo A. Kim, New Morning of the Pasture: Poetic Reflections of a Korean American Pastor, Hermit Kingdom Press, published 2003…. From the entry JDSN
Meaning of youth
- noun The quality or state of being young.
- noun The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
- noun A young person.
Questions about the plural of youth
- What is the plural of youth?
- The plural of youth is youths.
- Is youth countable?
- Youth is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: youth (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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