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durchbrechen

German, verb

durchbrechen is spelled D-U-R-C-H-B-R-E-C-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchbrechen is a German verb meaning “to break something in two” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Durchbrechen is a different word: “gerund of durchbrechen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in zwei Teile brechen”.

What does durchbrechen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to break something in two

    ein Brot durchbrechen

  2. 2

    to break in two; to snap

  3. 3

    to break through

verb

  1. 1

    to break through something; to penetrate; to breach

    die Schallmauer durchbrechen

noun

as Durchbrechen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of durchbrechen

noun

as Durchbrechen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of durchbrechen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. in zwei Teile brechen

verb: 1. ein Hindernis überwinden, hindurchkommen, (aus etwas/durch etwas hindurch) plötzlich erscheinen

verb: 1. sich in etwas hineinbewegen und es dabei zerstören oder beiseite drängen und an der anderen Seite wieder herauskommen

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 durchbrechen

  • bricht durch present singular third-person
  • brach durch past
  • durchgebrochen participle past
  • bräche durch past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • sein auxiliary
  • 4 strong
  • haben or sein auxiliary
  • durchbrechend participle present
  • durchzubrechen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • breche durch first-person indicative present
  • brechen durch first-person indicative plural
  • brichst durch indicative present second-person
  • brecht durch indicative plural present
  • brechest durch second-person singular subjunctive
  • brechet durch plural second-person subjunctive
  • brachen durch first-person indicative plural
  • brächen durch first-person formal plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to durchbrechen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is durchbrechen in German?

durchbrechen appears 3.3 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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