durchsagen
to announce (public address)
- Past (Präteritum)
- durchsagte
- Past participle
- durchgesagt (haben)
This is a separable verb. It is commonly used in travel contexts, such as airports or trains, to describe public announcements made over an intercom system or PA system. The prefix 'durch-' always detaches in main clauses unless it is part of an infinitive construction or a subordinate clause with a modal verb at the end (e.g., 'Der Schaffner hat es durchgesagt'). The prefix 'durch-' here implies transmission through a medium or space to many people simultaneously, which is characteristic of announcements. Since it is a transitive verb taking an accusative object (the information being announced), it strictly uses 'haben' as the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense. Note that the stem remains regular throughout its conjugation, following the pattern of 'sagen'. It is not typically used for personal, private messages, but rather for formal or service-oriented communications aimed at a group or public audience. The noun form 'die Durchsage' is equally common and useful for learners to know for understanding transit scenarios in Germany. While 'durchsagen' can theoretically have other meanings in specific technical contexts, in everyday German, its primary and almost exclusive use is related to announcements of information (delays, schedules, emergency updates). Ensure you do not confuse it with 'durchschauen' or other verbs starting with 'durch-', as the separation rules differ based on whether 'durch-' is stressed (separable) or unstressed (inseparable), and here, 'durchsagen' is stressed on the first syllable, confirming its separability.
Conjugation
Present
- sagt durch
- present, singular, third-person
- sage durch
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- sagen durch
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- sagst durch
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- durchsage
- first-person, indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause
- durchsagen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause
- durchsagst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- durchsagt
- indicative, plural, present, second-person, subordinate-clause
- sag durch
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
Past
- sagte durch
- past
- sagten durch
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- sagtest durch
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- sagtet durch
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
- durchsagte
- first-person, indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause
- durchsagten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause
- durchsagtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- durchsagtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person, subordinate-clause
Subjunctive
- sage durch
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sagen durch
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sagest durch
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- saget durch
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sagte durch
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sagten durch
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sagtest durch
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sagtet durch
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- durchsage
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- durchsagen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- durchsagest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- durchsaget
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- durchsagte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- durchsagten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- durchsagtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- durchsagtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- habe durchgesagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben durchgesagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest durchgesagt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet durchgesagt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte durchgesagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten durchgesagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest durchgesagt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet durchgesagt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde durchsagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden durchsagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest durchsagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet durchsagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde durchsagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden durchsagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- sag durch
- imperative, second-person, singular
- sage durch
- imperative, second-person, singular
- sagt durch
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- durchgesagt
- participle, past
- durchsagend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- durchsagen
- infinitive
- durchzusagen
- infinitive, infinitive-zu
Other
- habe durchgesagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben durchgesagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast durchgesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt durchgesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat durchgesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte durchgesagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten durchgesagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest durchgesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet durchgesagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- durchsagen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde durchsagen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden durchsagen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst durchsagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet durchsagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird durchsagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- durchgesagt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde durchgesagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden durchgesagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst durchgesagt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet durchgesagt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird durchgesagt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Durchsagen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
- Durchsager
- agent, form-of, masculine, strong