durchfallen

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to fail, to not pass

Usage notes

 * Unlike English “to fail”, German cannot take a direct object. The thing that one fails may be given with the prepositions  or  + dative case. However, an even commoner construction is  +  + accusative. Note that this is not a compound verb, but a simple verb + preposition:


 * In order to express that a teacher or examiner “failed someone”, that is “made them fail”, is construed with :

Verb

 * 1)  to fall through