But I’m not a young German.

The race was extremely close: “Aura” is the German youth word of the year 2024, with a wafer-thin lead over “Talahon” and a new interpretation of “scissors.”

Talahon: An adherent of an urban subculture of males aged between about 13 and 25, typically but not necessarily of Middle Eastern origin, characterized, among other things, by a passion for German hip hop and wearing counterfeit designer labels.