German edit

Etymology edit

durch- +‎ kriechen

Verb edit

durchkriechen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present kriecht durch, past tense kroch durch, past participle durchgekrochen, past subjunctive kröche durch, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to crawl through [auxiliary sein]
    Der Durchmesser des Kriechtunnels muss groß genug sein, damit die Kinder durchkriechen können.
    The diameter of the play tunnel must be large enough for the children to crawl through.
    Sie kroch unter dem Zaun durch.
    She crawled through under the fence.
  2. (transitive) to crawl through [auxiliary haben]
  3. (transitive) to come over (feelings, etc) [auxiliary haben]

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