Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dahn

/dˈæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: dahn
IPA: /dˈæn/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Pronunciation spelling of down.

British usage

prep

Pronunciation spelling of down.

British usage

name

Example Sentences

"At the end o' the six paces yer cuts yer 'and away an' brings it smartly dahn ter yer side an' looks to yer front."
"He's got a kind of a way with him an' he sits dahn with the like of huz, and he talks to us as if we was men in place o' bein' cattle, which is the way with most on 'em."
"“So, wot, people'd pay to throw you dahn the stairs? Dunno abaht that. People in these parts is used to throwing one another dahn stairs for free."
"He's cool. Does triathlons dahn de Sahn."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Dahns (plural)

Homonyms

dann

Rhymes With

an can than man one-man plan began san fan japan ran van

Questions

How do you pronounce dahn?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈæn/.
What does dahn mean?: Pronunciation spelling of down.

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