durchwaten
German, verb
durchwaten is spelled D-U-R-C-H-W-A-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durchwaten is a German verb meaning “to wade through” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Durchwaten is a different word: “gerund of durchwaten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine gewisse Strecke in (seichtem) Wasser, auf nachgebendem Untergrund langsam gehend zurücklegen”.
What does durchwaten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wade through
verb
- 1
to cross while wading, to wade through
ein überschwemmtes Gelände durchwaten
noun
- 1
neutergerund of durchwaten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine gewisse Strecke in (seichtem) Wasser, auf nachgebendem Untergrund langsam gehend zurücklegen
verb: 1. langsam durch (seichtes) Wasser, Schlamm oder Ähnliches gehen
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 durchwaten
- watet durch present singular third-person
- watete durch past
- durchgewatet participle past
- sein auxiliary
- durchwatend participle present
- durchzuwaten infinitive infinitive-zu
- wate durch first-person indicative present
- waten durch first-person indicative plural
- watest durch indicative present second-person
- wateten durch first-person indicative plural
- watetest durch indicative preterite second-person
- watetet durch indicative plural preterite
- durchwate present
- durchwatest present
- durchwatet present
- durchwatete past
- durchwat! imperative singular
- durchwate! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is durchwaten in German?
durchwaten appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).