durchstechen
[ˌdʊʁçˈʃtɛçn̩]
The verdict
“durchstechen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Stich durchdringen, durchbohren
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchstechen · durchstechen · German
durchstechen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchstechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌdʊʁçˈʃtɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „durchstechen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
durchstechen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌdʊʁçˈʃtɛçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einem Stich durchdringen, durchbohren".
No misspelling variants are generated for durchstechen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is durchstechen, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-T-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Stich durchdringen, durchbohren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durchstechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Einige Mitglieder der Aum-Sekte haben 1995 einen Anschlag in Tokio verübt, indem sie mit Sarin gefüllte Beutel in verschiedenen Zügen der U-Bahn deponierten und durchstachen.
Sein Schädel war teilweise durchstochen worden. Die Eisenstange muss plötzlich herabgefallen sein und ihn unerwartet getroffen haben.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.