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durchfallen

/ˈdʊʁçfalən/ verb C2
  1. to fall through (intransitive) · Das Gitter war zu weitmaschig. Der Ball ist einfach durchgefallen. The grating was too wide-meshed. The ball simply fell through.
  2. to fail, to not pass (intransitive) · Ich bin durchgefallen. I failed.· Ich bin bei / in der Prüfung durchgefallen. I failed the exam.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
durchfallen
Present (er)
fällt durch
Präteritum (er)
fiel durch
Perfekt (er)
ist durchgefallen
Infinitive with zu
durchzufallen

A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.