durchhalten
German, verb
durchhalten is spelled D-U-R-C-H-H-A-L-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchhalten is a German verb meaning “to hang on, persevere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Durchhalten is a different word: “gerund of durchhalten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auch unter erschwerten Bedingungen etwas fortsetzen”.
What does durchhalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hang on, persevere
- 2
to last (endure, continue over time)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of durchhalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auch unter erschwerten Bedingungen etwas fortsetzen
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 durchhalten
- hält durch present singular third-person
- hielt durch past
- durchgehalten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- durchhaltend participle present
- durchzuhalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- halte durch first-person indicative present
- halten durch first-person indicative plural
- hältst durch indicative present second-person
- haltet durch indicative plural present
- haltest durch second-person singular subjunctive
- hielten durch first-person indicative plural
- hielte durch first-person singular subjunctive
- hieltest durch indicative preterite second-person
- hieltst durch indicative preterite second-person
- hieltet durch indicative plural preterite
- halte durch! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to durchhalten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is durchhalten in German?
durchhalten appears 3.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).