durchlöchern
[dʊʁçˈlœçɐn]
The verdict
“durchlöchern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Löcher machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchlochern · durchlöchern · German
durchlöchern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchlöchern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dʊʁçˈlœçɐn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „durchlöchern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
durchlöchern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dʊʁçˈlœçɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for durchlöchern in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 durchlöchern, spelled D-U-R-C-H-L-Ö-C-H-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Löcher machen
- 2(durch viele kleine Handlungen) angreifen und so auf Dauer beschädigen/schwächen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durchlöchern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der stete Tropfen durchlöchert den Marmor.
Die Holzwürmer hatten die alten Bretter vollständig durchlöchert.
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This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.