andauern
German, verb
andauern is spelled A-N-D-A-U-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andauern is a German verb meaning “to continue, to go on, to last (without interruption up to the point of reference)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Andauern is a different word: “gerund of andauern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich weiter fortführen; zeitlich weitergehen”.
What does andauern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to continue, to go on, to last (without interruption up to the point of reference)
Die Proteste dauern seit Wochen an.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of andauern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich weiter fortführen; zeitlich weitergehen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of andauern
- dauert an present singular third-person
- dauerte an past
- angedauert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- andauernd participle present
- anzudauern infinitive infinitive-zu
- daure an first-person indicative present
- dauere an first-person indicative present
- dauer an first-person indicative present
- dauern an first-person indicative plural
- dauerst an indicative present second-person
- dauerest an second-person singular subjunctive
- daurest an second-person singular subjunctive
- daueret an plural second-person subjunctive
- dauret an plural second-person subjunctive
- dauerten an first-person indicative plural
- dauertest an indicative preterite second-person
- dauertet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to andauern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is andauern in German?
andauern appears 1.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).