Downer
[ˈdaʊ̯nɐ]
The verdict
“Downer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rauschmittel, das den Konsumenten beruhigt, träge und müde macht
Corpus desk
Index DE-downer · Downer · German
Downer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Downer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaʊ̯nɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Downer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Downer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaʊ̯nɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rauschmittel, das den Konsumenten beruhigt, träge und müde macht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Downer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Downer, spelled D-O-W-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rauschmittel, das den Konsumenten beruhigt, träge und müde macht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Downer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jetzt wollte er nur noch ein paar Bier kippen, ein paar Downer einwerfen und ins Bett.“
Antonyms
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.