durchfahren

\ˌdʊʁçˈfaːʁən\

/\ˌdʊʁçˈfaːʁən\/ verb

The verdict

“durchfahren” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passer en véhicule.

Corpus desk

Index FR-durchfahren · durchfahren · French

durchfahren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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.

Key facts for durchfahren
PropertyValue
Headworddurchfahren
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˌdʊʁçˈfaːʁən\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « durchfahren » en français

durchfahrensiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

durchfahren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˌdʊʁçˈfaːʁən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Passer en véhicule.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for durchfahren in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is durchfahren, spelled D-U-R-C-H-F-A-H-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Passer en véhicule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how durchfahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ankara unterstützt die Ukraine, auch mit Waffen, spielt den Wachhund am Bosporus, wo keine Kriegsschiffe im Einsatz durchfahren dürfen, und hat den Widerstand gegen die Nato-Erweiterung durch Finnland und Schweden aufgegeben.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durchfahren"?
"durchfahren" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-F-A-H-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˌdʊʁçˈfaːʁən\.
What does "durchfahren" mean?
As a verb, "durchfahren" means: Passer en véhicule.
How do you pronounce "durchfahren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durchfahren" is \ˌdʊʁçˈfaːʁən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durchfahren" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list