Overview
- Daubner said in a new Instagram video that the greeting 'Gruß' was trendy in her teenage years and joked she might adopt 2025’s winner 'Das Crazy.'
- She has read the publicly chosen Jugendwort on Tagesschau each year, a tradition boosted by viral clips since 2021.
- Stern reports that fans on Reddit want to honor her with the proposed verb 'daubnern,' meaning an older person using youth slang without it being cringeworthy.
- The official Jugendwort process accepts nominations from 11- to 20-year-olds starting May 29 and a jury then creates the shortlist, limiting the impact of outside fan campaigns.
- Stern further reports that 2026 will likely be Daubner’s final Jugendwort reading, with her departure from Tagesschau expected in 2027.