"Er ist durch seine Prüfung gefallen."

Translation: He has failed his exam.

[Levi]

Yep, the hints didn't help me, and Google Translate didn't either "He was killed by his examination." :))

[TeodoraPapp]

The suggested correct translation is "He failed his exam too".
I don't understand from where comes the word "too" in the translation? "Durch" means " through", "by".

[deactivated user]

You're right. There's no "too" in the German sentence. The correct translation is "He failed his exam". "durch" is part of the verb "durchfallen" (to fail).

[MarcEvans]

could one say "Er is seine Prüfung durchgefallen"? Or "Er fällt seine Prüfung durch"?
I'm guessing yes to the second, but maybe no to the first?

[deactivated user]

You can't say either.

[MarcEvans]

So it's not like a separable prefix then -- more like a preposition that is always used with the verb?

Would you say: "Ich falle durch die Prüfung"? or "Er wird durch die Prüfung fallen"?

[sushil_k]

@MarcEvans.. Your first one seems ok to me but it is not so, according to Christian. I don't know why? The second one seems obviously wrong to me because your sentence is in present tense whereas the german sentence is in perfekt tense.

[rinndy]

I accidentally found the correct translation of durchgefallen on Google Translate. First I tried gefallen to see what was offered besides something to do with "fallen" and then I tried "durch gefallen"as a phrase but mis-typed it without the space between the words. There it was!!! "Failed". It actually wasn't a typo.

[sushil_k]

can someone explain why is durchgefallen separated here? why isn't, "er ist seine Pruefung durchgefallen" accepted?