Dauerfeuer

/[ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Dauerfeuer” is an uncommon German word, ranked #85,097 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#85,097
frequency rank, German
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: anhaltender Beschuss durch Artillerie

Key facts for Dauerfeuer
PropertyValue
HeadwordDauerfeuer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Dauerfeuer” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Dauerfeuer lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Dauerfeuer is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,097 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Dauerfeuer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Dauerfeuer, spelled D-A-U-E-R-F-E-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    anhaltender Beschuss durch Artillerie
  2. 2
    Funktion von automatischen Schusswaffen, bei der mehrere Schüsse unmittelbar hintereinander abgegeben werden
  3. 3
    meist kritische Äußerungen, die anhaltend vorgebracht werden

Antonyms

Frequency rank: #85,097 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dauerfeuer"?
"Dauerfeuer" is spelled D-A-U-E-R-F-E-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ].
What does "Dauerfeuer" mean?
As a noun, "Dauerfeuer" means: anhaltender Beschuss durch Artillerie
How do you pronounce "Dauerfeuer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dauerfeuer" is [ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dauerfeuer" come from?
"Dauerfeuer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Dauerfeuer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is D-A-U-E-R-F-E-U-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.