durchfahren

Meaning

  1. (class-6, strong, transitive) to cross while driving, to traverse, to drive through
  2. (class-6, figuratively, strong, transitive) to travel through, to run through (e.g. of a feeling)
  3. (class-6, figuratively, strong, transitive) to cross (one's) mind (e.g. of a thought)

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌdʊʁçˈfaːʁən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German durchvarn, from Old High German duruhfaran, from Proto-West Germanic *þuruhfaran. Equivalent to durch- + fahren. Cognate with Dutch doorvaren and Old English þurhfaran.

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