Dauerfeuer
[ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Dauerfeuer” is uncommon German (frequency #85,097 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,097
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - anhaltender Beschuss durch Artillerie
Corpus desk
Index DE-dauerfeuer · Dauerfeuer · German
Dauerfeuer · rank #85,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,097
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH danni
Nearest frequency peer: danni (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Dauerfeuer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Damoklessch…
Damoklesschwert
14,908 corpus weight
- danni
danni
14,907 corpus weight
- Dauerfeuer
Dauerfeuer
14,904 corpus weight
- deadly
deadly
14,901 corpus weight
- definierst
definierst
14,900 corpus weight
- degenerative
degenerative
14,899 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dauerfeuer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dauerfeuer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dauerfeuer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dauerfeuer is uncommon German at frequency #85,097 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Dauerfeuer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Dauerfeuer, spelled D-A-U-E-R-F-E-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1anhaltender Beschuss durch Artillerie
- 2Funktion von automatischen Schusswaffen, bei der mehrere Schüsse unmittelbar hintereinander abgegeben werden
- 3meist kritische Äußerungen, die anhaltend vorgebracht werden
Antonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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