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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 Ohrenpierced ears
  4. (intransitive, figurative, of movement) to cut through; to push past; to pass through [auxiliary sein]

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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 Ohrenpierced ears
  2. (transitive) to bore through, to dig through

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