durchsagen

/[ˈdʊʁçˌzaːɡn̩]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#53,628

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

durchsagen is aGermanverb. It means: eine Nachricht, eine Mitteilung, eine Information insbesondere über Lautsprecher, den Rundfunk oder das Fernsehen bekanntgeben Pronounced [ˈdʊʁçˌzaːɡn̩].

Key facts for durchsagen
PropertyValue
Headworddurchsagen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈdʊʁçˌzaːɡn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,628
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of durchsagen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for durchsagen is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʊʁçˌzaːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,628 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for durchsagen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is durchsagen, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-A-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Nachricht, eine Mitteilung, eine Information insbesondere über Lautsprecher, den Rundfunk oder das Fernsehen bekanntgeben
  2. 2
    eine Nachricht, eine Mitteilung, eine Information von Person zu Person weitergeben und verbreiten

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #53,628 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durchsagen"?
"durchsagen" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʊʁçˌzaːɡn̩].
What does "durchsagen" mean?
As a verb, "durchsagen" means: eine Nachricht, eine Mitteilung, eine Information insbesondere über Lautsprecher, den Rundfunk oder das Fernsehen bekanntgeben
How do you pronounce "durchsagen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durchsagen" is [ˈdʊʁçˌzaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durchsagen" come from?
"durchsagen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.