Dauer
German, noun
Dauer is spelled D-A-U-E-R (5 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written German, the 2,246th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dauer is a German feminine noun meaning “duration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, dauer is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zeitliche Erstreckung von etwas”.
What does Dauer mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineduration
Die Dauer des Verfahrens – zwei Monate – hat uns überrascht.
- 2
femininepermanence
Der Friede ist vermutlich nicht von Dauer.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zeitliche Erstreckung von etwas 2. das Fortbestehen, Weiterbestehen von etwas
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 Dauer
- Dauern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Dauer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dauer in German?
Dauer appears 37 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).