durchstechen

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

durchstechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present sticht durch, past tense stach durch, past participle durchgestochen, past subjunctive stäche durch, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to prick, to puncture, to pierce [auxiliary haben]
  2. (transitive) to leak documents or information [auxiliary haben]
    Synonym: durchsickern lassen
  3. (transitive, colloquial, nonstandard) to pierce through [auxiliary haben]
    durchgestochene Ohren ― pierced ears
  4. (intransitive, figurative, of movement) to cut through; to push past; to pass through [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

Verb

durchstechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present durchsticht, past tense durchstach, past participle durchstochen, past subjunctive durchstäche, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to pierce through
    durchstochene Ohren ― pierced ears
  2. (transitive) to bore through, to dig through

Conjugation

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