durchklingen
German, verb
durchklingen is spelled D-U-R-C-H-K-L-I-N-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchklingen is a German verb meaning “to sound through, to come through (e.g., an instrument that can be clearly heard in an orchestra)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Durchklingen is a different word: “gerund of durchklingen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “hörbar sein, obwohl auch andere Töne/Klänge vorhanden sind”.
What does durchklingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sound through, to come through (e.g., an instrument that can be clearly heard in an orchestra)
- 2
to come through, to be heard
- 3
to hint at, to imply, to suggest; to reveal, to make clear, to show, to let something be known
noun
- 1
neutergerund of durchklingen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. hörbar sein, obwohl auch andere Töne/Klänge vorhanden sind 2. als (verborgene) Botschaft in einem Text zu hören sein
verb: 1. mit Klang durchdringen
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 durchklingen
- klingt durch present singular third-person
- klang durch past
- durchgeklungen participle past
- klänge durch past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- durchklingend participle present
- durchzuklingen infinitive infinitive-zu
- klinge durch first-person indicative present
- klingen durch first-person indicative plural
- klingst durch indicative present second-person
- klingest durch second-person singular subjunctive
- klinget durch plural second-person subjunctive
- klangen durch first-person indicative plural
- klängen durch first-person formal plural
- klangst durch indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is durchklingen in German?
durchklingen appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).