durchfallen

== German == === Etymology === From durch- +‎ fallen. === Pronunciation 1 === IPA(key): /ˈdʊʁçfalən/, [-ln̩], [-ln], [dʊɐ̯ç-], [dʊəç-], (Northern or Central Germany) [dʊɪ̯ç-], (Southern) [dʊɐ̯x-], (Southern) [dʊəx-] ==== Verb ==== durchfallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt durch, past tense fiel durch, past participle durchgefallen, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to fall through (intransitive) to fail, to not pass [with bei (+ dative) or in (+ dative) ‘an exam, a test’] Ich bin durchgefallen. ― I failed. Ich bin bei / in der Prüfung durchgefallen. ― I failed the exam. ===== Usage notes ===== Unlike English “to fail”, German durchfallen cannot take a direct object. The thing that one fails may be given with the prepositions bei or in + dative case. However, an even commoner construction is fallen + durch + accusative. Note that this is not a compound verb, but a simple verb + preposition: Ich bin durch die Prüfung gefallen. ― I failed the exam. In order to express that a teacher or examiner “failed someone”, that is “made them fail”, durchfallen is construed with lassen: Der Lehrer hat mich durchfallen lassen. ― The teacher failed me. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== See also ===== durch, fallen (transitive equivalents of both senses are constructed with the preposition) === Pronunciation 2 === IPA(key): /dʊʁçˈfalən/ ==== Verb ==== durchfallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present durchfällt, past tense durchfiel, past participle durchfallen, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to fall for (a distance), to cross by falling ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== Durchfallen durchfallend, durchgefallen abfallen, anfallen, auffallen überfallen, wegfallen, zufallen === Further reading === “durchfallen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “durchfallen (trennbar)” in Duden online “durchfallen (untrennbar)” in Duden online