dannen

[ˈdanən]

/[ˈdanən]/ adv

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The verdict

“dannen” is uncommon German (frequency #50,386 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,386
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - daher

Corpus desk

Index DE-dannen · dannen · German

dannen · rank #50,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,386
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dankes

Nearest frequency peer: Dankes (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dannen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dannen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dannen
PropertyValue
Headworddannen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈdanən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,386
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dannen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).dannenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dankes“ (#50,385), „database“ (#50,387), „Dampfmaschinen“ (#50,384). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dannen“ bei #50,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dannen is uncommon German at frequency #50,386 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈdanən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

dannen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dannen, spelled D-A-N-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    daher
  2. 2
    daher, deshalb
  3. 3
    da, dort

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dannen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Und missest du nach Spannen
  2. „Da der König dannen kam, verwarfen sie ihm seine Münze zu Laster, und er fuhr wieder dar und bezwang sie dazu, daß sie von altem Leder Pfenning nehmen und geben müßten.“

Synonyms

daher

This word in other languages

thence(English)dali(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dannen"?
"dannen" is spelled D-A-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdanən].
What does "dannen" mean?
As an adverb, "dannen" means: daher
How do you pronounce "dannen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dannen" is [ˈdanən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dannen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dannen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dankes#50,385cougar#50,380Duktus#50,396chiefs#50,372

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list