dana

/[…]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,672

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dana is aGermanverb. It means: einem Gegenstand oder Prozess eine Form oder ein Konzept geben Pronounced […]. Often confused with das and den.

Key facts for dana
PropertyValue
Headworddana
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,672
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dana in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for dana is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,672 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "einem Gegenstand oder Prozess eine Form oder ein Konzept geben".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for dana, with forms such as "adna", "daan", and "danna". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "das", "den", "dar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is dana, spelled D-A-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einem Gegenstand oder Prozess eine Form oder ein Konzept geben

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adna,daan,danna,ddana,dnaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dana

Misspelling Variants of "dana"

adna4daan4danna5ddana5dnaa4
Misspelling Variants of "dana"

Frequency rank: #16,672 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dana"?
"dana" is spelled D-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "dana" mean?
As a verb, "dana" means: einem Gegenstand oder Prozess eine Form oder ein Konzept geben
What words are commonly confused with "dana"?
"dana" is commonly confused with "das", "den", "dar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dana" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dana" come from?
"dana" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.