währen
\ˈvɛː.ʁən\
The verdict
“währen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Durer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wahren · währen · French
währen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | währen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvɛː.ʁən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « währen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
währen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvɛː.ʁən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Durer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for währen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is währen, spelled W-Ä-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Durer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how währen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es wird einige Zeit währen, bis die Wunde verheilt ist.
Wenjamins nightclubbing à la NKWD, das ihn ziemlich aufblühen lässt, währt leider nicht lange, denn er lässt sich den Posten von einem gewissen Hauptmann Lewitin wegschnappen, der ohne sein Wissen zum erklärten Feind der Sawenkos wird (...)
Antonyms
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.