durchbohren
German, verb[ˈdʊɐ̯çˌboːʁən]
durchbohren is spelled D-U-R-C-H-B-O-H-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchbohren is a German verb meaning “to bore, drill through something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von der einen Seite auf die andere Seite bohren und so eine Öffnung herstellen”.
What does durchbohren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bore, drill through something
verb
- 1
to pierce, to spear something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von der einen Seite auf die andere Seite bohren und so eine Öffnung herstellen
verb: 1. durch etwas hindurchdringen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of durchbohren
- bohrt durch present singular third-person
- bohrte durch past
- durchgebohrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- durchbohrend participle present
- durchzubohren infinitive infinitive-zu
- bohre durch first-person indicative present
- bohren durch first-person indicative plural
- bohrst durch indicative present second-person
- bohrest durch second-person singular subjunctive
- bohret durch plural second-person subjunctive
- bohrten durch first-person indicative plural
- bohrtest durch indicative preterite second-person
- bohrtet durch indicative plural preterite
- bohr durch! imperative singular
- bohre durch! imperative singular
- bohrt durch! imperative plural
- durchgebohrt haben separable active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durchbohren?
- [ˈdʊɐ̯çˌboːʁən]
- [dʊɐ̯çˈboːʁən]
- [ˈdʊʁçˌboːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is durchbohren in German?
durchbohren appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).