durch
See also: durch-
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdurx]
Noun
durch m inan
Declension
Declension of durch (velar masculine inanimate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | durch | durchy |
genitive | durchu, durcha | durchů |
dative | durchu | durchům |
accusative | durchu, durcha | durchy |
vocative | durchu | durchy |
locative | durchu | durchách |
instrumental | durchem | durchy |
German
Etymology
From Middle High German durch, from Old High German duruh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw. Cognate with English through, thorough, Dutch door, West Frisian troch, Yiddish דורך (durkh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʊʁç/, /dʊɐ̯ç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /dʊɐ̯x/, /dʊɪ̯ç/ (regionally)
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Preposition
durch (followed by accusative)
- by means of; by; through
- Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört.
- The house was destroyed by fire.
- through; entering, then exiting
- Wir wandern durch den Wald.
- We're hiking through the forest.
- through (a period of time)
- Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen.
- She helped me through a difficult period.
- via
- owing to; because of
- (mathematics) divided by
Adverb
durch
- during; throughout; through
- den ganzen Tag durch ― the whole day through
- (colloquial, with a time) past
- Es ist acht Uhr durch. ― It is past eight o’clock.
Derived terms
Related terms
- durch- (used in compounds)
Further reading
- “durch (preposition)” in Duden online
- “durch (adverb)” in Duden online
- “durch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Silesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdurx/
- Rhymes: -urx
- Syllabification: durch
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