dauernd
German, adjective[ˈdaʊ̯ɐnt]
dauernd is spelled D-A-U-E-R-N-D (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,781st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dauernd is a German adjective meaning “constant, incessant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of dauern. The German Wiktionary defines it as “häufig wiederkehrend”.
What does dauernd mean in English?
adjective
- 1
constant, incessant
verb
- 1
present participle of dauern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. häufig wiederkehrend 2. Bestand habend
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 dauernd
- dauernder masculine nominative singular
- dauernde feminine nominative singular
- dauerndes neuter nominative singular
- dauernden genitive masculine singular
- dauerndem dative masculine singular
- der dauernde definite includes-article masculine
- die dauernde definite feminine includes-article
- das dauernde definite includes-article neuter
- die dauernden definite includes-article nominative
- des dauernden definite genitive includes-article
- der dauernden definite feminine genitive
- dem dauernden dative definite includes-article
- den dauernden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dauernd?
- [ˈdaʊ̯ɐnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dauernd in German?
dauernd appears 16 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).