durchscheinen
[ˌdʊʁçˈʃaɪ̯nən]
The verdict
“durchscheinen” is uncommon German (frequency #79,081 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,081
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit seinem Schein erfüllen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchscheinen · durchscheinen · German
durchscheinen · rank #79,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,081
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH durchdreht
Nearest frequency peer: durchdreht (-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 „durchscheinen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Durango
Durango
20,923 corpus weight
- durchdachter
durchdachter
20,922 corpus weight
- durchdreht
durchdreht
20,921 corpus weight
- durchschein…
durchscheinen
20,920 corpus weight
- durchschlaf…
durchschlafen
20,919 corpus weight
- Durchschlag
Durchschlag
20,918 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „durchscheinen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchscheinen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌdʊʁçˈʃaɪ̯nən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #79,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „durchscheinen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
durchscheinen is uncommon German at frequency #79,081 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌdʊʁçˈʃaɪ̯nən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit seinem Schein erfüllen".
No misspelling variants are generated for durchscheinen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is durchscheinen, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-E-I-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit seinem Schein erfüllen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durchscheinen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Wagen, in dem sie allein saßen, war ganz von warmer Sonne durchschienen.“
„Das sieht man gut am durchsichtigen Weiß des Gummibärchens: Das göttliche Licht durchscheint den Geist der Gelatine.“
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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