dauerst an

/[ˌdaʊ̯ɐst ˈan]/ verb

The verdict

“dauerst an” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs andauern

Key facts for dauerst an
PropertyValue
Headworddauerst an
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌdaʊ̯ɐst ˈan]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dauerst an” sits in German frequency

dauerst an falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for dauerst an is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌdaʊ̯ɐst ˈan]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs andauern".

No misspelling variants are generated for dauerst an 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 dauerst an, spelled D-A-U-E-R-S-T- -A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs andauern

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dauerst an"?
"dauerst an" is spelled D-A-U-E-R-S-T- -A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌdaʊ̯ɐst ˈan].
What does "dauerst an" mean?
As a verb, "dauerst an" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs andauern
How do you pronounce "dauerst an"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dauerst an" is [ˌdaʊ̯ɐst ˈan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dauerst an" come from?
"dauerst an" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “dauerst an”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-A-U-E-R-S-T- -A-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌdaʊ̯ɐst ˈan] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.