durchfragen
German, verb[ˈdʊʁçˌfʁaːɡŋ̩]
durchfragen is spelled D-U-R-C-H-F-R-A-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchfragen is a German verb meaning “to successively ask a number of different persons something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (in allen Einzelheiten) nacheinander mittels Fragen prüfend besprechen”.
What does durchfragen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto successively ask a number of different persons something
- 2
informalto get directions by successively asking a number of different persons
verb
- 1
archaicto interrogate, to catechize (to question at length)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (in allen Einzelheiten) nacheinander mittels Fragen prüfend besprechen 2. mehrere Personen nacheinander fragen 3. irgendwohin (wo man sich nicht auskennt) gelangen, indem man (mehrmals verschiedene Personen) nach dem Weg fragt
verb: 1. etwas einzig durch gezieltes Fragen von jemandem zu erfahren suchen
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 durchfragen
- fragt durch present singular third-person
- fragte durch past
- durchgefragt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- durchfragend participle present
- durchzufragen infinitive infinitive-zu
- frage durch first-person indicative present
- fragen durch first-person indicative plural
- fragst durch indicative present second-person
- fragest durch second-person singular subjunctive
- fraget durch plural second-person subjunctive
- fragten durch first-person indicative plural
- fragtest durch indicative preterite second-person
- fragtet durch indicative plural preterite
- frag durch! imperative singular
- frage durch! imperative singular
- fragt durch! imperative plural
- durchgefragt haben separable active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durchfragen?
- [ˈdʊʁçˌfʁaːɡŋ̩]
- [dʊʁçˈfʁaːɡŋ̩]
- [ˈdʊʁçˌfʁaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is durchfragen in German?
durchfragen appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).