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durchhecheln

German, verb

durchhecheln is a German verb meaning “to put through a hackle (instrument for threshing flax or hemp)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does durchhecheln mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to put through a hackle (instrument for threshing flax or hemp)

  2. 2

    colloquialto gossip, to slag off

  3. 3

    to run through (a list, tasks, etc.)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of durchhecheln

  • hechelt durch present singular third-person
  • hechelte durch past
  • durchgehechelt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • durchhechelnd participle present
  • durchzuhecheln infinitive infinitive-zu
  • hechle durch first-person indicative present
  • hechele durch first-person indicative present
  • hechel durch first-person indicative present
  • hecheln durch first-person indicative plural
  • hechelst durch indicative present second-person
  • hechelest durch second-person singular subjunctive
  • hechlest durch second-person singular subjunctive
  • hechelet durch plural second-person subjunctive
  • hechlet durch plural second-person subjunctive
  • hechelten durch first-person indicative plural
  • hecheltest durch indicative preterite second-person
  • hecheltet durch indicative plural preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce durchhecheln?

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.