durchgreifend
\dʊʁçˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t\
The verdict
“durchgreifend” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grave, radical, énergique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-durchgreifend · durchgreifend · French
durchgreifend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | durchgreifend |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dʊʁçˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
durchgreifend is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dʊʁçˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grave, radical, énergique.".
durchgreifend has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is durchgreifend, spelled D-U-R-C-H-G-R-E-I-F-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Grave, radical, énergique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how durchgreifend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Hamms Rede ist durchgreifend gewesen.
Antonyms
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.