durchgreifend
German, adjective[ˈdʊʁçˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t]
durchgreifend is spelled D-U-R-C-H-G-R-E-I-F-E-N-D (13 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchgreifend is a German adjective meaning “drastic, far-reaching, heavy-handed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of durchgreifen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Probleme rasch anpackend und beseitigend”.
What does durchgreifend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
drastic, far-reaching, heavy-handed
verb
- 1
present participle of durchgreifen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Probleme rasch anpackend und beseitigend
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 durchgreifend
- durchgreifender masculine nominative singular
- am durchgreifendsten superlative
- durchgreifende feminine nominative singular
- durchgreifendes neuter nominative singular
- durchgreifenden genitive masculine singular
- durchgreifendem dative masculine singular
- der durchgreifende definite includes-article masculine
- die durchgreifende definite feminine includes-article
- das durchgreifende definite includes-article neuter
- die durchgreifenden definite includes-article nominative
- des durchgreifenden definite genitive includes-article
- der durchgreifenden definite feminine genitive
- dem durchgreifenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durchgreifend?
- [ˈdʊʁçˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is durchgreifend in German?
durchgreifend appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).