Dauerwelle
[ˈdaʊ̯ɐvɛlə]
The verdict
“Dauerwelle” is uncommon German (frequency #95,413 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,413
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch chemische Behandlung erreichte künstliche Wellung des Haares
Corpus desk
Index DE-dauerwelle · Dauerwelle · German
Dauerwelle · rank #95,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,413
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dauerthema
Nearest frequency peer: Dauerthema (-1 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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Dauerwelle“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dansk
dansk
4,592 corpus weight
- dastehe
dastehe
4,591 corpus weight
- dauere
dauere
4,590 corpus weight
- Dauerthema
Dauerthema
4,589 corpus weight
- Dauerwelle
Dauerwelle
4,588 corpus weight
- debil
debil
4,585 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dauerwelle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dauerwelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaʊ̯ɐvɛlə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dauerwelle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dauerwelle is uncommon German at frequency #95,413 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaʊ̯ɐvɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch chemische Behandlung erreichte künstliche Wellung des Haares".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dauerwelle, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Dauerwelle, spelled D-A-U-E-R-W-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1durch chemische Behandlung erreichte künstliche Wellung des Haares
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dauerwelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Falls das stimmt, bedeutet Michael Jacksons Tod mit 50 den letzten Erdbrocken, der die 80er ein für alle Mal unter sich begräbt », schrieb Goebel. Dieser These vom späten Ende der 1980er steht aber zumindest das derzeitige Mode-Revival dieses Jahrzehnts mit Schulterpolstern und Dauerwelle entgegen. Und außerdem: Was ist mit der Auffassung mancher Histori…
„Mit Dauerwelle und wuchtiger Stimme begeisterte Maria Theresa Ullrich als Rocksängerin.“
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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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