durchstreichen
[ˈdʊʁçˌʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“durchstreichen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Strich (eines Schreibgeräts) für nicht mehr gültig erklären
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchstreichen · durchstreichen · German
durchstreichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | durchstreichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „durchstreichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
durchstreichen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçˌʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for durchstreichen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is durchstreichen, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Strich (eines Schreibgeräts) für nicht mehr gültig erklären
- 2durch ein Sieb passieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durchstreichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich streiche jetzt die Namen derjenigen durch, die abgesagt haben.
Nun wird die Sauce durch ein Sieb durchgestrichen und beiseitegestellt.
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This word in other languages
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.