durchhält
[ˈdʊʁçˌhɛlt]
The verdict
“durchhält” is uncommon German (frequency #59,585 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,585
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs durchhalten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchhält |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌhɛlt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durchhält” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
durchhält is uncommon German at frequency #59,585 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçˌhɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs durchhalten".
durchhält doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is durchhält, spelled D-U-R-C-H-H-Ä-L-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs durchhalten
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-U-R-C-H-H-Ä-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʊʁçˌhɛlt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.