dun

[duːn]

/[duːn]/ adj

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The verdict

“dun” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #37,461) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#37,461
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Zustand nach Genuss von zu viel Alkohol

Corpus desk

Index DE-dun · dun · German

dun · rank #37,461 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,461
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH drugs

Nearest frequency peer: drugs (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „dun“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „dun“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dun vs DW
0% similar
dun vs dz
33% similar
dun vs DV
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dun
PropertyValue
Headworddun
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[duːn]
Letters3
Frequency rank#37,461
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „dun“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).dunliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „drugs“ (#37,460), „Drift“ (#37,459), „durchsetzten“ (#37,463). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dun“ bei #37,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for dun is neighbouring look-alikes ("DW", "dz", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [duːn]. Frequency #37,461 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Gloss: "im Zustand nach Genuss von zu viel Alkohol".

No misspelling variants are generated for dun in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DW", "dz", "DV", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dun, spelled D-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    im Zustand nach Genuss von zu viel Alkohol

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er hat zwei völlig dunen Männern geholfen, nach Hause zu finden.
  2. „Als er im Gasthof abträllerte, war er eigentlich ganz hübsch dun, nur daß alles jetzt schon wieder verflogen ist.“

Synonyms

betrunkenbesoffenblau

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 "dun"?
"dun" is spelled D-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is [duːn].
What does "dun" mean?
As an adjective, "dun" means: im Zustand nach Genuss von zu viel Alkohol
What words are commonly confused with "dun"?
"dun" is commonly confused with "DW", "dz", "DV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dun" is [duːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dun" come from?
"dun" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

edo#37,469CHU#37,435aso#37,363ibu#37,580

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list