dávno
[ˈdaːvnɔ]
The verdict
“dávno” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor langer Zeit; längst, lange, lange her
Corpus desk
Index DE-davno · dávno · German
dávno · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dávno |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈdaːvnɔ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dávno“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dávno is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈdaːvnɔ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor langer Zeit; längst, lange, lange her".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dávno, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is dávno, spelled D-Á-V-N-O.
Definition
- 1vor langer Zeit; längst, lange, lange her
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dávno appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je to tak dávno, že si na to nikdo nevzpomíná.
„Dávno, dávno již tomu, co jsem posledně se dívala do té milé mírné tváře, co jsem zulíbala to bledé líce, plné vrásků, nahlížela do modrého oka, v němž se jevilo tolik dobroty a lásky; dávno tomu, co mne posledně žehnaly staré její ruce!“
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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.