dauten an

/[ˌdaʊ̯tn̩ ˈan]/ verb

The verdict

“dauten 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
9
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: 3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs andauen

Key facts for dauten an
PropertyValue
Headworddauten an
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌdaʊ̯tn̩ ˈan]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dauten an” sits in German frequency

dauten 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 dauten an is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌdaʊ̯tn̩ ˈan]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs andauen
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs andauen

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dauten an"?
"dauten an" is spelled D-A-U-T-E-N- -A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌdaʊ̯tn̩ ˈan].
What does "dauten an" mean?
As a verb, "dauten an" means: 3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs andauen
How do you pronounce "dauten an"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dauten an" is [ˌdaʊ̯tn̩ ˈan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dauten an" come from?
"dauten an" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “dauten an”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-A-U-T-E-N- -A-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌdaʊ̯tn̩ ˈan] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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.