durchschreiten
German, verb[dʊʁçˈʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]
durchschreiten is spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-R-E-I-T-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchschreiten is a German verb meaning “to cross, to traverse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch etwas hindurchgehen, das einen Durchgang darstellt”.
What does durchschreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cross, to traverse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch etwas hindurchgehen, das einen Durchgang darstellt
verb: 1. einen Raum oder ein Gebiet zu Fuß und langsam/feierlich/würdevoll, mit gemessenen Schritten, durchqueren
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 durchschreiten
- durchschreitet present singular third-person
- durchschritt past
- durchschritten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- durchschreitend participle present
- durchschreite first-person indicative present
- durchschreitest indicative present second-person
- durchschritte first-person formal rare
- durchschrittest indicative preterite second-person
- durchschrittst indicative preterite second-person
- durchschrittet indicative plural preterite
- durchschreit imperative second-person singular
- schreite durch present
- schreitest durch present
- schreitet durch present
- schritt durch past
- schritte durch subjunctive-ii
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durchschreiten?
- [dʊʁçˈʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]
- [ˈdʊʁçˌʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is durchschreiten in German?
durchschreiten appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).