durchknallen
German, verb[ˈdʊʁçˌknalən]
durchknallen is spelled D-U-R-C-H-K-N-A-L-L-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchknallen is a German verb meaning “to blow a fuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzlich nicht mehr funktionieren”.
What does durchknallen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blow a fuse
- 2
to go crazy, to freak out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. plötzlich nicht mehr funktionieren 2. verrückt werden, verrücktes Verhalten zeigen 3. durch eine Prüfung fallen/rasseln
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 durchknallen
- knallt durch present singular third-person
- knallte durch past
- durchgeknallt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- durchknallend participle present
- durchzuknallen infinitive infinitive-zu
- knalle durch first-person indicative present
- knallen durch first-person indicative plural
- knallst durch indicative present second-person
- knallest durch second-person singular subjunctive
- knallet durch plural second-person subjunctive
- knallten durch first-person indicative plural
- knalltest durch indicative preterite second-person
- knalltet durch indicative plural preterite
- knall durch! imperative singular
- knalle durch! imperative singular
- knallt durch! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durchknallen?
- [ˈdʊʁçˌknalən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is durchknallen in German?
durchknallen appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).