durchscheinend

[ˌdʊʁçˈʃaɪ̯nənt]

/[ˌdʊʁçˈʃaɪ̯nənt]/ verb

The verdict

“durchscheinend” is uncommon German (frequency #75,550 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,550
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs durchscheinen

Corpus desk

Index DE-durchscheinend · durchscheinend · German

durchscheinend · rank #75,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,550
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dunstkreis

Nearest frequency peer: Dunstkreis (-2 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 „durchscheinend“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „durchscheinend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for durchscheinend
PropertyValue
Headworddurchscheinend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌdʊʁçˈʃaɪ̯nənt]
Letters14
Frequency rank#75,550
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „durchscheinend“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.durchscheinendfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dunstkreis“ (#75,548), „dunkelhaarige“ (#75,547), „Editors“ (#75,553). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „durchscheinend“ bei #75,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

durchscheinend is uncommon German at frequency #75,550 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌdʊʁçˈʃaɪ̯nənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs durchscheinen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for durchscheinend, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is durchscheinend, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-E-I-N-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens des Verbs durchscheinen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durchscheinend"?
"durchscheinend" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-E-I-N-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌdʊʁçˈʃaɪ̯nənt].
What does "durchscheinend" mean?
As a verb, "durchscheinend" means: Partizip Präsens des Verbs durchscheinen
How do you pronounce "durchscheinend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durchscheinend" is [ˌdʊʁçˈʃaɪ̯nənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durchscheinend" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "durchscheinend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list