durchgedreht

[ˈdʊʁçɡəˌdʁeːt]

/[ˈdʊʁçɡəˌdʁeːt]/ verb

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The verdict

“durchgedreht” is uncommon German (frequency #50,398 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,398
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs durchdrehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-durchgedreht · durchgedreht · German

durchgedreht · rank #50,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,398
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH durchschaubar

Nearest frequency peer: durchschaubar (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „durchgedreht“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „durchgedreht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for durchgedreht
PropertyValue
Headworddurchgedreht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈdʊʁçɡəˌdʁeːt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#50,398
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „durchgedreht“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).durchgedrehtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „durchschaubar“ (#50,399), „Duktus“ (#50,396), „durchsuchten“ (#50,400). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „durchgedreht“ bei #50,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

durchgedreht is uncommon German at frequency #50,398 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçɡəˌdʁeːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs durchdrehen".

Zero misspellings are on record for durchgedreht in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is durchgedreht, spelled D-U-R-C-H-G-E-D-R-E-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs durchdrehen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durchgedreht"?
"durchgedreht" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-G-E-D-R-E-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʊʁçɡəˌdʁeːt].
What does "durchgedreht" mean?
As a verb, "durchgedreht" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs durchdrehen
How do you pronounce "durchgedreht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durchgedreht" is [ˈdʊʁçɡəˌdʁeːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "durchgedreht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

durchsuchten#50,400eingekesselt#50,412erfreuliches#50,429evolutionäre#50,442

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list