durchsichtig
German, adjective/ˈdʊʁçˌzɪçtɪç/
durchsichtig is spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-I-C-H-T-I-G (12 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchsichtig is a German adjective meaning “transparent, translucent, sheer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass man hindurchsehen kann”.
What does durchsichtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
transparent, translucent, sheer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass man hindurchsehen kann 2. leicht zu durchschauen 3. so strukturiert, dass man von den Bestandteilen auf die Bedeutung der ganzen Form (vor allem: des Gesamtwortes) schließen kann
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 durchsichtig
- durchsichtiger masculine nominative singular
- am durchsichtigsten superlative
- durchsichtige feminine nominative singular
- durchsichtiges neuter nominative singular
- durchsichtigen genitive masculine singular
- durchsichtigem dative masculine singular
- der durchsichtige definite includes-article masculine
- die durchsichtige definite feminine includes-article
- das durchsichtige definite includes-article neuter
- die durchsichtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des durchsichtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der durchsichtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem durchsichtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durchsichtig?
- /ˈdʊʁçˌzɪçtɪç/
- /ˈdʊʁçˌsɪçtɪk/
- [ˈdʊʁçˌzɪçtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to durchsichtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is durchsichtig in German?
durchsichtig appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).