durchmachen
German, verb
durchmachen is spelled D-U-R-C-H-M-A-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchmachen is a German verb meaning “to go through, to endure, to suffer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Durchmachen is a different word: “gerund of durchmachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas miterleben, etwas durchlaufen”.
What does durchmachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go through, to endure, to suffer
ich habe viel durchgemacht
- 2
to undergo
- 3
to finish, to complete
- 4
colloquialto stay up all night, especially for a party all night
Wir machen durch bis morgen früh.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of durchmachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas miterleben, etwas durchlaufen 2. etwas Negatives erleiden, etwas Schweres durchleben 3. mit einer bestimmten Tätigkeit ohne Pause fortfahren
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 durchmachen
- macht durch present singular third-person
- machte durch past
- durchgemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- durchmachend participle present
- durchzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache durch first-person indicative present
- machen durch first-person indicative plural
- machst durch indicative present second-person
- machest durch second-person singular subjunctive
- machet durch plural second-person subjunctive
- machten durch first-person indicative plural
- machtest durch indicative preterite second-person
- machtet durch indicative plural preterite
- mach durch! imperative singular
- mache durch! imperative singular
- macht durch! imperative plural
- durchgemacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to durchmachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is durchmachen in German?
durchmachen appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).