durchtränken
[dʊʁçˈtʁɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“durchtränken” 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) - durch und durch mit einer Flüssigkeit nass machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchtranken · durchtränken · German
durchtränken · 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 | durchtränken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dʊʁçˈtʁɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „durchtränken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
durchtränken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dʊʁçˈtʁɛŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for durchtränken in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is durchtränken, spelled D-U-R-C-H-T-R-Ä-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch und durch mit einer Flüssigkeit nass machen
- 2reichlich mit etwas versetzen, etwas in einem Zusammenhang häufig verwenden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durchtränken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Lösung reichte hin, um 400 m Mull zu durchtränken.“
„Die gesamte Faustdichtung ist durchtränkt von Ironie in ihren verschiedenen Formen.“
Antonyms
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.