Dauerzustand

[ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːʃtant]

/[ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːʃtant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Dauerzustand” is uncommon German (frequency #52,750 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,750
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - immerwährender, ununterbrochener Zustand

Corpus desk

Index DE-dauerzustand · Dauerzustand · German

Dauerzustand · rank #52,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,750
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Datenverkehr

Nearest frequency peer: Datenverkehr (-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 „Dauerzustand“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dauerzustand“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dauerzustand
PropertyValue
HeadwordDauerzustand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːʃtant]
Letters12
Frequency rank#52,750
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dauerzustand“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Dauerzustandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Datenverkehr“ (#52,749), „Dachziegel“ (#52,748), „deftige“ (#52,752). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dauerzustand“ bei #52,750. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dauerzustand is uncommon German at frequency #52,750 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "immerwährender, ununterbrochener Zustand".

Dauerzustand has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dauerzustand, spelled D-A-U-E-R-Z-U-S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    immerwährender, ununterbrochener Zustand

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Dauerzustand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Wirtschaft ist auf Schleichfahrt, die Schulden häufen sich. Die Krise der Vereinigten Staaten scheint zum Dauerzustand zu werden - mit Folgen für den Dollar, der beständig an Wert verliert.“
  2. „Langsam hat sich die Erkenntnis durchgesetzt, daß der Alarm ein Dauerzustand ist.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dauerzustand"?
"Dauerzustand" is spelled D-A-U-E-R-Z-U-S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːʃtant].
What does "Dauerzustand" mean?
As a noun, "Dauerzustand" means: immerwährender, ununterbrochener Zustand
How do you pronounce "Dauerzustand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dauerzustand" is [ˈdaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːʃtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dauerzustand", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Datenverkehr#52,749diakonischen#52,758eingereichte#52,790Enteignungen#52,806

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list