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German
Etymology
Back-formation from dauern.
Pronunciation
Noun
Dauer f (genitive Dauer, plural Dauern)
- (countable) duration
Die Dauer des Verfahrens – zwei Monate – hat uns überrascht.- The duration of the process—two months—surprised us.
- 2008, Frank Hentschel, “Die Dauern der mittelalterlichen Musikgeschichte aus der Sicht des 19. Jahrhunderts.” In: Das Sein der Dauer, ed. Andreas Speer and David Wirmer, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pp. 57–58:
Man kann sagen, daß sich ‚das‘ Mittelalter in den Augen der Musikhistoriker des 19. Jahrhunderts als ein Komplex aus Schichten zusammensetzt, die unterschiedliche Dauern besaßen.- ‘The’ Middle Ages can be said to have consisted in the eyes of 19th-century music historians of a complex of levels that had various durations.
- (uncountable) permanence
Der Friede ist vermutlich nicht von Dauer.- Peace is probably not permanent.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Dauer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dauer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Dauer” in Duden online
- Dauer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From the verb daueren.
Pronunciation
Noun
Dauer f (uncountable)
- duration