German

Noun

Dauer f ‎(genitive Dauer, plural Dauern)

1. (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 9783110212204, 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.

2. (uncountable) permanence

   Der Friede ist vermutlich nicht von Dauer.‎

   Peace is probably not permanent.

Declension

Derived terms

English

Noun

dauer ‎(plural dauers)

1. (nematology) A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit increased durability
   • 2008, December 3, “Caenorhabditis elegans dauers need LKB1/AMPK to ration lipid reserves and ensure long-term survival”, in Nature:

     When Caenorhabditis elegans larvae enter dauer they arrest feeding but remain active and motile, yet become stress-resistant, extremely long-lived and non-ageing.

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ

Verb

dauer

1. First-person singular present of dauern.
2. Imperative singular of dauern.

Luxembourgish

Verb

dauer

1. second-person singular imperative of daueren