dua

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The verdict

“dua” is uncommon German (frequency #79,075 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,075
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lieben

Corpus desk

Index DE-dua · dua · German

dua · rank #79,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,075
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Duells

Nearest frequency peer: Duells (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dua“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dua“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dua
PropertyValue
Headworddua
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#79,075
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dua“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.duafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Duells“ (#79,076), „Duette“ (#79,077), „dringlicher“ (#79,072). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dua“ bei #79,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dua is uncommon German at frequency #79,075 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

dua doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dua, spelled D-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    lieben
  2. 2
    gefallen, mögen
  3. 3
    bitten, verlangen
  4. 4
    erfordern, wollen
  5. 5
    brauchen, sich gewöhnen (gewohnt sein)
  6. 6
    sollen, müssen; können

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Unë të dua ty.

Synonyms

dashurojpëlqejkërkojkërkonduhetduhet

Antonyms

urrej

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dua"?
"dua" is spelled D-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "dua" mean?
As a verb, "dua" means: lieben
How do you pronounce "dua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dua" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dua" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dua", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

EGV#79,093CLP#79,024cim#79,022gai#79,175

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list