Durchlass

[ˈdʊʁçˌlas]

/[ˈdʊʁçˌlas]/ noun

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The verdict

“Durchlass” is uncommon German (frequency #80,264 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,264
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Möglichkeit an einer bestimmten Stelle etwas zu passieren, zu durchdringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-durchlass · Durchlass · German

Durchlass · rank #80,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,264
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Durchsuchungs…

Nearest frequency peer: Durchsuchungsbeschluss (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Durchlass“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Durchlass“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Durchlass
PropertyValue
HeadwordDurchlass
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʊʁçˌlas]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,264
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Durchlass“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Durchlassfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Durchsuchungsbeschluss“ (#80,265), „Dummschwätzer“ (#80,262), „Dyke“ (#80,266). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Durchlass“ bei #80,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Durchlass is uncommon German at frequency #80,264 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçˌlas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Durchlass, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Durchlass, spelled D-U-R-C-H-L-A-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Möglichkeit an einer bestimmten Stelle etwas zu passieren, zu durchdringen
  2. 2
    Stelle, an der etwas durch ein Hindernis gelangt, hindurchgeführt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Durchlass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Durchlässe, auch Schleusen, Dohlen oder Drummen genannt, haben den Zweck, kleinere Wasserläufe durch die Erdkörper von Straßen oder Eisenbahnen zu führen.“

Synonyms

KontrollpostenPassierstelleUnterführungSchleuseDohleDrumme

This word in other languages

culvert(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Durchlass"?
"Durchlass" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-L-A-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʊʁçˌlas].
What does "Durchlass" mean?
As a noun, "Durchlass" means: Möglichkeit an einer bestimmten Stelle etwas zu passieren, zu durchdringen
How do you pronounce "Durchlass"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Durchlass" is [ˈdʊʁçˌlas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Durchlass" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Durchlass", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dosenbier#80,256diligence#80,249einäugige#80,288Damenwelt#80,231

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list