durchtrieben
German, adjective[ˌdʊʁçˈtʁiːbn̩]
durchtrieben is spelled D-U-R-C-H-T-R-I-E-B-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchtrieben is a German adjective meaning “cunning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gerissen, gewieft”.
What does durchtrieben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cunning
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gerissen, gewieft
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 durchtrieben
- durchtriebener masculine nominative singular
- am durchtriebensten superlative
- durchtriebene feminine nominative singular
- durchtriebenes neuter nominative singular
- durchtriebenen genitive masculine singular
- durchtriebenem dative masculine singular
- der durchtriebene definite includes-article masculine
- die durchtriebene definite feminine includes-article
- das durchtriebene definite includes-article neuter
- die durchtriebenen definite includes-article nominative
- des durchtriebenen definite genitive includes-article
- der durchtriebenen definite feminine genitive
- dem durchtriebenen dative definite includes-article
- durchtriebner positive nominative strong
- durchtriebne positive nominative strong
- durchtriebnes positive nominative strong
- durchtriebnen positive genitive strong
- durchtriebnem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durchtrieben?
- [ˌdʊʁçˈtʁiːbn̩]
- [ˌdʊʁçˈtʁiːbm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to durchtrieben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is durchtrieben in German?
durchtrieben appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).