kauern
[ˈkaʊ̯ɐn]
The verdict
“kauern” 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) - in hockender Position oder mit gekrümmtem Rücken sitzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kauern · kauern · German
kauern · 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 "K" 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 | kauern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkaʊ̯ɐn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kauern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kauern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkaʊ̯ɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kauern, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is kauern, spelled K-A-U-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1in hockender Position oder mit gekrümmtem Rücken sitzen
- 2sich zusammengekrümmt hinsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kauern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Kind kauerte in einer Ecke und ließ sich nicht herauslocken, bis seine Mutter kam.
„Auch ich kaure manchmal am Gartenzaun unseres Schrebergartens und rupfe Unkraut aus.“
Synonyms
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.