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- Perfect (spoken past): hat durchdachtPreterite (written past): durchdachtesee details >1.
- to think something through
- (Not very common. "überlegen" is the more common choice in most contexts. )
- Perfect (spoken past): hat durchfahrenPreterite (written past): durchfuhr1.
- to traverse
- (Technically, it works for tunnels, but the other "durchfahren" is more common there. This one is more used for areas or landscapes, but it sounds quite "posh".)
see details >2.- to run through
- ("jemanden durchfahren" - mainly for shocks that run through someone.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat durchlaufenPreterite (written past): durchliefsee details >1.
- to go through
- (In the sense of going through the various stages of a process. NOT for actually walking through somewhere. )
- Perfect (spoken past): hat durchquertPreterite (written past): durchquertesee details >1.
- to pass through, to cross
- (For tunnels, deserts, mountain ranges and stuff like that. Needs a direct object.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat durchschautPreterite (written past): durchschautesee details >1.
- to see through
- (For people and schemes. NOT for neutral complicated information. There is a notion of trickery there.)
- see details >Perfect (spoken past): hat durchsetztPreterite (written past): durchsetzte
- Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgesuchtPreterite (written past): durchsuchtesee details >1.
- to frisk, to search whole, “to search through”
- (involves opening things, like drawers or doors or folders or even pockets)
Here's a quick overview with translations. For family, examples and more check the details.
