durchpausen
German, verb/ˈdʊɐ̯çˌpaʊ̯zn̩/
durchpausen is spelled D-U-R-C-H-P-A-U-S-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written German, the 522,009th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchpausen is a German verb meaning “to trace (to copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original by drawing over its lines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Abbild (eine Pause) schaffen, indem auf einem drüberliegenden, durchsichtigen Stück Papier die…”.
What does durchpausen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trace (to copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original by drawing over its lines)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Abbild (eine Pause) schaffen, indem auf einem drüberliegenden, durchsichtigen Stück Papier die drunterliegende Vorlage nachgezeichnet wird
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 durchpausen
- paust durch present singular third-person
- pauste durch past
- durchgepaust participle past
- haben auxiliary
- durchpausend participle present
- durchzupausen infinitive infinitive-zu
- pause durch first-person indicative present
- pausen durch first-person indicative plural
- pausest durch second-person singular subjunctive
- pauset durch plural second-person subjunctive
- pausten durch first-person indicative plural
- paustest durch indicative preterite second-person
- paustet durch indicative plural preterite
- paus durch! imperative singular
- pause durch! imperative singular
- paust durch! imperative plural
- durchgepaust haben active infinitive perfect
- durchgepaust werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durchpausen?
- /ˈdʊɐ̯çˌpaʊ̯zn̩/
- [ˈdʊʁçˌpaʊ̯zn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is durchpausen in German?
durchpausen appears about once in every 71 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).