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durch

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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durch m inan

  1. a single deal within a game of mariáš in which one player wins against the other two if he takes all the tricks
    Synonym: velký
    Antonym: betl

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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).

Preposition

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durch [with accusative]

  1. by means of; by; through
    Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört.
    The house was destroyed by fire.
  2. through; entering, then exiting
    Wir wandern durch den Wald.
    We're hiking through the forest.
  3. through (a period of time)
    Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen.
    She helped me through a difficult period.
  4. via
  5. owing to; because of
  6. (mathematics) divided by
Inflection
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Pronominal adverbs of durch
preposition durch
+ wo- wodurch
+ da- dadurch
+ hier- hierdurch

Adverb

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durch

  1. during; throughout; through
    den ganzen Tag durchthe whole day through
  2. (Germany, colloquial, with a time) past
    Es ist acht Uhr durch.It is past eight o’clock.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Greater Polish: durch
  • Kashubian: dërch
  • Silesian: durś, durch

Etymology 2

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From durchgeknallt, durch den Wind, durchdrehen, or another similar expression.

Adjective

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durch (strong nominative masculine singular durcher, not comparable)

  1. (predicative, youth slang) crazy, freaked out

Further reading

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German durch. Compare Kashubian dërch and Silesian durś.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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durch (not comparable)

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) still
    Synonyms: ciągle, durchem
  2. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) straight through
    Synonyms: durchem, na wylot

Further reading

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  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879), “durch”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 301

Silesian

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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durch

  1. alternative form of durś