durchhageln
[ˈdʊʁçˌhaːɡl̩n]
The verdict
“durchhageln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (von Hagelkörnern) etwas (Dach, Fenster, Plane oder Ähnliches) durchschlagen und hindurchgelangen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchhageln · durchhageln · German
durchhageln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchhageln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌhaːɡl̩n] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „durchhageln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
durchhageln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçˌhaːɡl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for durchhageln, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is durchhageln, spelled D-U-R-C-H-H-A-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1(von Hagelkörnern) etwas (Dach, Fenster, Plane oder Ähnliches) durchschlagen und hindurchgelangen
- 2eine Prüfung nicht bestehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durchhageln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Unwetter gestern war durchaus spannend zu beobachten, bis es durch unsere Dachfenster durchhagelte.
Ich bin mit Pauken und Trompeten bei der Prüfung durchgehagelt.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.