Daune
[ˈdaʊ̯nə]
The verdict
“Daune” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine besonders weiche Feder, die sehr gut wärmeisolierend ist und häufig zum Füllen von Kissen oder Bettdecken verwendet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Daune |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaʊ̯nə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Daune” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Daune is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaʊ̯nə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine besonders weiche Feder, die sehr gut wärmeisolierend ist und häufig zum Füllen von Kissen oder Bettdecken verwendet wird".
Daune doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Daune, spelled D-A-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1eine besonders weiche Feder, die sehr gut wärmeisolierend ist und häufig zum Füllen von Kissen oder Bettdecken verwendet wird
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Daune”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.