Undurchbrochen

Undurchbrochen is a German adjective and, less commonly, an adverb meaning impenetrable, unbreached, or uninterrupted. It describes something that cannot be broken through or pierced, either in a physical sense or figuratively.

The word is formed from the prefix un- and the past participle durchbrochen of durchbrechen (to break through). As a descriptive term, undurchbrochen conveys completeness or continuity, stressing that no gap, breach, or interruption is present.

Typical uses include descriptions of barriers, territories, or lines of defense, such as eine undurchbrochene Mauer or eine undurchbrochene Front. It is also used in a literary or rhetorical sense to depict things like undurchbrochenes Schweigen or eine undurchbrochene Landschaft, where passage or disruption is imagined as impossible. In geographic or natural contexts, the term may emphasize a continuous, unfragmented terrain, such as ein undurchbrochenes Waldgebiet.

In everyday German, undurchbrochen tends to appear in formal or descriptive writing, including historical, military, or landscape contexts. It can carry a strong visual or tonal weight, signaling durability, rigidity, or persistence of barrier or condition.

See also: undurchdringlich, ungebrochen, unüberwindlich. These terms share related ideas of barrier, persistence, or lack of interruption, though with different nuances in emphasis.