durch und durch
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The verdict
“durch und durch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - absolut, gänzlich, vollkommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durch-und-durch · durch und durch · German
durch und durch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | durch und durch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „durch und durch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
durch und durch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "absolut, gänzlich, vollkommen".
No misspelling variants are generated for durch und durch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is durch und durch, spelled D-U-R-C-H- -U-N-D- -D-U-R-C-H.
Definition
- 1absolut, gänzlich, vollkommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how durch und durch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich kenne jemanden, der ist durch und durch böse, und ich übertreibe nicht.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.