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  • durcharbeiten
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgearbeitet
    Preterite (written past): arbeitete durch
    1.
    to work without a break
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    2.
    to work something through
    (A long document for example)
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  • durchbeißen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgebissen
    Preterite (written past): biss durch
    1.
    to bite through
    (Bite something in half.)
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  • durchblättern
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgeblättert
    Preterite (written past): blätterte durch
    1.
    to flip through
    (for books and magazines)
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  • durchbrennen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): ist durchgebrannt
    Preterite (written past): brannte durch
    1.
    to blow, to melt, to fuse
    (For electrical components like a fuse or a circuit breaker)
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    2.
    to bolt, to flee
    (Colloquial verb. Typically NOT for immediate "fleeing" like running away after shop lifting but for a more premeditated one.)
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  • durchbringen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgebracht
    Preterite (written past): brachte durch
    1.
    to push something through
    (pretty much only in the context of bringing through a law or proposal. )
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    2.
    to feed and support
    (Think of a parent "bringing" their kids through hard times. ONLY used in this context. )
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  • durchdenken
    (durch (insep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchdacht
    Preterite (written past): durchdachte
    1.
    to think something through
    (Not very common. "überlegen" is the more common choice in most contexts. )
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  • durchdrehen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): ist durchgedreht
    Preterite (written past): drehte durch
    1.
    to turn through
    (for a wheel losing grip)
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    2.
    to go crazy, to flip out
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    Opposite (closest): sich zusammenreißen
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  • durchfahren
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): ist durchgefahren
    Preterite (written past): fuhr durch
    1.
    to drive through
    (For a tunnel or a storm.)
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    2.
    to drive without a stop
    (For long stretches.)
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  • durchfahren
    (durch (insep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchfahren
    Preterite (written past): durchfuhr
    1.
    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".)
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    2.
    to run through
    ("jemanden durchfahren" - mainly for shocks that run through someone.)
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  • durchfallen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): ist durchgefallen
    Preterite (written past): fiel durch
    1.
    to fail, to not pass
    (For exams or some sort of quality control.)
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    Opposite (closest): bestehen
    2.
    to fall through
    (In a literal sense. Not common at all.)
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  • durchführen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgeführt
    Preterite (written past): führte durch
    1.
    to lead through, to guide through
    (Used for actual tunnels. Not so idiomatic for leading through a presentation.)
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    2.
    to conduct, to do, to perform, to execute
    (Doing some sort of procedure. Like an experiment, an election or a surgery. Sounds a bit technical.)
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  • durchgeben
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgegeben
    Preterite (written past): gab durch
    1.
    to pass through
    (Can be used in a literal sense, but the more common use is for passing on short bits of information via phone. )
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  • durchgehen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): ist durchgegangen
    Preterite (written past): ging durch
    1.
    to go through/over
    (Works for locations as well as in a metaphorical sense for documents or topics. The preposition you need is "durch". Yes, "durchgehen durch". #fun)
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    2.
    to pass, to slide
    (In the sense of something passing some sort of quality control. Often used by parents or teachers who let something slide.)
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  • durchgreifen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgegriffen
    Preterite (written past): griff durch
    1.
    to reach/grab through something
    (Literal, not common at all.)
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    2.
    to crack down, to take serious measures
    (Think of police taking action against a camp in the park that they tolerated before or a parent getting real after the kids won't stop fighting.)
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  • durchgucken
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgeguckt
    Preterite (written past): guckte durch
    1.
    to look through something
    (ONLY in the literal sense of looking through something transluscent. NOT for looking through a plan or scheme or person. The word here is "durchschauen".)
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    2.
    to look through, to go over
    (In the sense of looking through a bunch of documents or a test. Sounds somewhat quick and casual.)
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  • durchhalten
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgehalten
    Preterite (written past): hielt durch
    1.
    to hold out, to hold up, to hang in
    (In the sense of not giving up or in. Primarily for people.)
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    Opposite (closest): aufgeben
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  • durchhängen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgehängt
    Preterite (written past): hängte durch
    1.
    to hang through something
    (In a literal sense of, say, a rope that hangs through a narrow opening.)
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    2.
    to sag
    (Think of a slack-line that is sagging in the middle.)
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    3.
    to sag, to have a down
    (Colloquial term for when you don't really have energy and motivation on a day. Past is typically done with written past - ich hing durch.)
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  • durchhören
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgehört
    Preterite (written past): hörte durch
    1.
    to "hear" completely
    (For listening to a recording from start to finish)
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    2.
    to hear between the lines
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  • durchkommen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): ist durchgekommen
    Preterite (written past): kam durch
    1.
    to get through
    (Wide range of contexts, but one is getting a call through.)
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  • durchkriegen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgekriegt
    Preterite (written past): kriegte durch
    1.
    to get sth. through/passed
    (Works for getting stuff through a narrow opening as well as for a stimulus bill through congress.)
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  • durchladen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgeladen
    Preterite (written past): lud durch
    1.
    to chamber a round
    (Readying a weapon that allows multiple shots for the next shot, without having to actually put in a new bullet.)
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  • durchlassen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgelassen
    Preterite (written past): ließ durch
    1.
    to let through
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  • durchlaufen
    (durch (insep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchlaufen
    Preterite (written past): durchlief
    1.
    to go through
    (In the sense of going through the various stages of a process. NOT for actually walking through somewhere. )
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  • durchlaufen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): ist durchgelaufen
    Preterite (written past): lief durch
    1.
    to walk through, to run through
    (Literally moving "through" something. Think of walking through a tunnel or water running through a tube. )
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    2.
    to wear out
    (Walking a hole into your shoes. The shoes are the direct object and the spoken past is built with "haben".)
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  • durchlesen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgelesen
    Preterite (written past): las durch
    1.
    to read through
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    2.
    to read, to read fully
    (Works for books but also for thoroughly reading a document.)
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  • durchliegen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgelegen
    Preterite (written past): lag durch
    1.
    to wear out
    (ONLY in context of mattresses, when they get soft and indented by usage. The person is the one doing the "durchliegen" over time.)
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  • durchmachen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgemacht
    Preterite (written past): machte durch
    1.
    to stay up all night
    (Doesn't need a direct object.)
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    2.
    to go through a lot of hardship
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  • durchnehmen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgenommen
    Preterite (written past): nahm durch
    1.
    to cover, to go over
    (In the context of learning and studying a topic.)
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    2.
    to screw someone
    (In the sexual sense)
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  • durchplanen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgeplant
    Preterite (written past): plante durch
    1.
    to plan thoroughly, to plan completely
    (Basically, planning with care from start to finish.)
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  • durchqueren
    (durch (insep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchquert
    Preterite (written past): durchquerte
    1.
    to pass through, to cross
    (For tunnels, deserts, mountain ranges and stuff like that. Needs a direct object.)
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  • durchrufen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgerufen
    Preterite (written past): rief durch
    1.
    to call
    (Colloquial word for giving someone a quick call)
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  • durchsagen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgesagt
    Preterite (written past): sagte durch
    1.
    to say over a speaker
    (For speaker announcements like for example saying that the train will be delayed.)
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  • durchschauen
    (durch (insep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchschaut
    Preterite (written past): durchschaute
    1.
    to see through
    (For people and schemes. NOT for neutral complicated information. There is a notion of trickery there.)
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  • durchschlafen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgeschlafen
    Preterite (written past): durchschlief
    1.
    to sleep through
    (without waking up in the middle of the night)
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  • durchschneiden
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgeschnitten
    Preterite (written past): schnitt durch
    1.
    to cut through
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  • durchschreiben
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgeschrieben
    Preterite (written past): schrieb durch
    1.
    to write without a break
    (When you pull an all-nighter for example. )
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    2.
    to make a carbon copy
    (This old method where you'd put a special paper under your paper which would automatically copy the writing on the page below.)
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  • durchsehen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgesehen
    Preterite (written past): sah durch
    1.
    to look over, examine, to go through
    (For papers, not very common. Depending on region, people would also say "durchgucken" and "durchschauen".)
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    2.
    to know what's what
    (Not getting confused in a confusing situation... very common in daily life.)
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    3.
    to see through
    (For transparent material. Again, "durchgucken" and "durchschauen" are more common in daily life. )
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  • durchsetzen
    (durch (insep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchsetzt
    Preterite (written past): durchsetzte
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  • durchsetzen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgesetzt
    Preterite (written past): setzte durch
    1.
    to push something through
    (Used for laws or regulations and other rules. )
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    to prevail, to come out on top
    ("sich+Acc durchsetzen")
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  • durchspielen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgespielt
    Preterite (written past): spielte durch
    1.
    to play through
    (Finishing a computer game.)
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    2.
    to play through without a break
    (Playing through the night for example. Can also refer to a band playing music.)
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    3.
    to pass through
    (Rare, but technically, there might be a situation in soccer for example where you play the ball through some sort of opening.)
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    4.
    to play through, to go through
    (In the sense of playing through a plan or process in your head. Quite commonly used and very good for meetings.)
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  • durchsprechen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgesprochen
    Preterite (written past): sprach durch
    1.
    to go through a topic verbally
    (Implies talking about something from A to Z. That can be a plan of action, for example or a road map.)
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  • durchspringen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): ist durchgesprungen
    Preterite (written past): sprang durch
    1.
    to jump through (it)
    (Careful not to confuse it with the prepositional phrasing "jumping through something". )
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  • durchstehen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgestanden
    Preterite (written past): stand durch
    1.
    to get through, to tough something out, to survive
    (Making it through a difficult life situation.)
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  • durchsteigen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): ist durchgestiegen
    Preterite (written past): stieg durch
    1.
    to climb through it/something
    ("durchsteigen durch" - Technically, it could mean that, but in reality, "durchklettern" will be the more idiomatic choice in relevant contexts.)
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    2.
    to understand something
    (A colloquial term for understanding a topic in theory. Think of a grammar rule for example. Typically used in contexts where you DON'T understand something.)
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  • durchstellen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgestellt
    Preterite (written past): stellte durch
    1.
    to patch through
    (ONLY in the context of phones. An operator in a call center connecting you to the right person, for example. )
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  • durchsuchen
    (durch (insep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgesucht
    Preterite (written past): durchsuchte
    1.
    to frisk, to search whole, “to search through”
    (involves opening things, like drawers or doors or folders or even pockets)
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  • durchtragen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgetragen
    Preterite (written past): trug durch
    1.
    to carry something through somewhere
    (ONLY in a literal sense of carrying an entity through a tunnel or something. So pretty rare, overall.)
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  • durchtrennen
    (durch (insep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchtrennt
    Preterite (written past): durchtrennte
    1.
    to sever, to cut through
    (Mainly used for "conduits" like water pipes and also the umbilical chord.)
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  • durchwerfen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgeworfen
    Preterite (written past): warf durch
    1.
    to throw through
    (Only in a literal sense of throwing an object through some sort of opening.... so yeah... not really a word to lose sleep over.)
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  • durchziehen
    (durch (sep))
    Perfect (spoken past): hat durchgezogen
    Preterite (written past): zog durch
    1.
    to go through with something
    (in context of things that are hard, like doing a 30 day push up challenge or something)
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