Durchfall
German, noun
Durchfall is spelled D-U-R-C-H-F-A-L-L (9 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchfall is a German masculine noun meaning “diarrhea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, durchfall is a different word: “singular imperative of durchfallen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu schnelle Ausscheidung von breiigem bis flüssigem Stuhl”.
What does Durchfall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediarrhea
verb
- 1
singular imperative of durchfallen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zu schnelle Ausscheidung von breiigem bis flüssigem Stuhl 2. Misserfolg; das Scheitern beispielsweise bei einer Prüfung (das Durchfallen)
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 Durchfall
- Durchfalles genitive
- Durchfalls genitive
- Durchfälle plural
- Durchfalle dative singular
- Durchfällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Durchfall
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Durchfall in German?
Durchfall appears 4.2 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).