dauert

/[ˈdaʊ̯ɐt]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,761

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

dauert is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dauern Pronounced [ˈdaʊ̯ɐt]. It ranks #1,761 in German word frequency. Often confused with Duett and dauerte.

Key facts for dauert
PropertyValue
Headworddauert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈdaʊ̯ɐt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,761
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dauert in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for dauert is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdaʊ̯ɐt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,761 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for dauert, with forms such as "aduert", "daeurt", and "dauerrt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Duett", "dauerte", "dauerten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dauern
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dauern
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dauern

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aduert,daeurt,dauerrt,dauertt,dauetr,dauret,ddauert,duaert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dauert

Misspelling Variants of "dauert"

aduert6daeurt6dauerrt7dauertt7dauetr6dauret6ddauert7duaert6
Misspelling Variants of "dauert"

Frequency rank: #1,761 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dauert"?
"dauert" is spelled D-A-U-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaʊ̯ɐt].
What does "dauert" mean?
As a verb, "dauert" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dauern
What words are commonly confused with "dauert"?
"dauert" is commonly confused with "Duett", "dauerte", "dauerten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dauert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dauert" is [ˈdaʊ̯ɐt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dauert" come from?
"dauert" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.