durchgraben
German, verb
durchgraben is spelled D-U-R-C-H-G-R-A-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchgraben is a German verb meaning “to dig through” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Durchgraben is a different word: “gerund of durchgraben”.
What does durchgraben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dig through
noun
- 1
neutergerund of durchgraben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of durchgraben
- gräbt durch present singular third-person
- grub durch past
- durchgegraben participle past
- grübe durch past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- durchgrabend participle present
- durchzugraben infinitive infinitive-zu
- grabe durch first-person indicative present
- graben durch first-person indicative plural
- gräbst durch indicative present second-person
- grabt durch indicative plural present
- grabest durch second-person singular subjunctive
- grabet durch plural second-person subjunctive
- gruben durch first-person indicative plural
- grüben durch first-person formal plural
- grubst durch indicative preterite second-person
- grubt durch indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is durchgraben in German?
durchgraben appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).