dauern
German, verb
dauern is spelled D-A-U-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dauern is a German verb meaning “to last, to continue, to persist (for a period of time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Dauern is a different word: “plural of Dauer”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “über bestimmten Zeitraum erstrecken, für eine bestimmt Zeitspanne anhalten, währen”.
What does dauern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to last, to continue, to persist (for a period of time)
Der Film dauert zwei Stunden.
- 2
to last, to be permanent
Unsere Liebe wird dauern.
- 3
to take time, to take a while
Es dauert, bis die Medizin wirkt.
verb
- 1
archaicto grieve; to arouse pity; to feel sorry for
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Dauer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. über bestimmten Zeitraum erstrecken, für eine bestimmt Zeitspanne anhalten, währen 2. bestehen bleiben, beständig sein 3. bei jemandem Mitleid erregen, jemandem leidtun
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 dauern
- dauert present singular third-person
- dauerte past
- gedauert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dauernd participle present
- daure first-person indicative present
- dauere first-person indicative present
- dauer first-person indicative present
- dauerst indicative present second-person
- dauerest second-person singular subjunctive
- daurest second-person singular subjunctive
- daueret plural second-person subjunctive
- dauret plural second-person subjunctive
- dauerten first-person indicative plural
- dauertest indicative preterite second-person
- dauertet indicative plural preterite
- dauere! imperative singular
- dauert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dauern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dauern in German?
dauern appears 28 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).