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Duo

German, noun[ˈduːo]

Duo is spelled D-U-O (3 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duo is a German neuter noun meaning “duo, pair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gruppe von zwei Personen, die etwas gemeinsam tun”.

What does Duo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterduo, pair

  2. 2

    neuterduet

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Gruppe von zwei Personen, die etwas gemeinsam tun 2. zwei Instrumente oder zwei Stimmen, die ein Musikstück gemeinsam ausführen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Duo

  • Duos genitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Duo?

  • [ˈduːo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Duo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Duo in German?

Duo appears 13 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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