dräuen
[ˈdʁɔɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“dräuen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - drohen
Corpus desk
Index DE-drauen · dräuen · German
dräuen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dräuen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɔɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dräuen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dräuen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʁɔɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "drohen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dräuen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dräuen, spelled D-R-Ä-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1drohen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dräuen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dunkler Tannenwald dräute finster zu beiden Seiten des gefrorenen Wasserlaufs.“
„Die Natur hat sich angestrengt — zartes Grün und blühende Pflanzen, wohin das Auge blickt. Und doch dräuen am Horizont dunkle Wolken.“
Synonyms
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.