how to pronounce daumen

/ˈdaʊ̯mən/

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daumen is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of daumen in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… auftritte wir waren beide daumen und als …”

meanings of daumen

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daumen frequency in german - B1 level of CEFR

the word daumen occurs in german on average 34.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.