durchschlafen
German, verb/ˈdʊʁçˌʃlaːfn̩/
durchschlafen is spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-L-A-F-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchschlafen is a German verb meaning “to sleep undisturbed (usually through the night)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen bestimmten Zeitraum hindurch schlafen, ohne zwischenzeitlich aufzuwachen”.
What does durchschlafen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sleep undisturbed (usually through the night)
Ich hoffe, du schläfst heute Nacht durch.
verb
- 1
to spend (a specified, usually long, amount of time) sleeping
Matti durchschlief den Nachmittag auf dem Sofa.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen bestimmten Zeitraum hindurch schlafen, ohne zwischenzeitlich aufzuwachen
verb: 1. einen Zeitraum schlafend verbringen, eine bestimmte Zeit schlafend zubringen
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 durchschlafen
- schläft durch present singular third-person
- schlief durch past
- durchgeschlafen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- durchschlafend participle present
- durchzuschlafen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schlafe durch first-person indicative present
- schlafen durch first-person indicative plural
- schläfst durch indicative present second-person
- schlaft durch indicative plural present
- schlafest durch second-person singular subjunctive
- schlafet durch plural second-person subjunctive
- schliefen durch first-person indicative plural
- schliefe durch first-person formal rare
- schliefst durch indicative preterite second-person
- schlieft durch indicative plural preterite
- schliefest durch formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durchschlafen?
- /ˈdʊʁçˌʃlaːfn̩/
- /ˌdʊʁçˈʃlaːfn̩/
- [ˈdʊʁçˌʃlaːfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is durchschlafen in German?
durchschlafen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).