davonjagen
[daˈfɔnˌjaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“davonjagen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (jemanden/etwas) mit Vehemenz dazu bringen, einen Ort zu verlassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-davonjagen · davonjagen · German
davonjagen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | davonjagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [daˈfɔnˌjaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „davonjagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
davonjagen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [daˈfɔnˌjaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
davonjagen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 davonjagen, spelled D-A-V-O-N-J-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1(jemanden/etwas) mit Vehemenz dazu bringen, einen Ort zu verlassen
- 2sich (auf/in einem Fahrzeug) mit hoher Geschwindigkeit von einem Ort entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how davonjagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es war einmal eine schwarze Katze, die war schon als Kind davongejagt worden, weil ihre Mutter – den Vater hatte sie nie kennen gelernt – zu viel Nachwuchs gehabt hatte.“
Die Bankräuber jagten unerkannt auf einem Moped davon.
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.