durchzucken

German

Etymology

From durch (“through”) +‎ zucken (“to jerk”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dʊʁçˈt͡sʊkn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: durch‧zu‧cken

Verb

durchzucken (weak, third-person singular present durchzuckt, past tense durchzuckte, past participle durchzuckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (of flashes or other lights or figuratively) to flash through
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 7:
      Unsinnige Gedanken durchzuckten mein Hirn, Gedanken, vor denen ich zurückbebte und die sich mir trotzdem immer wieder aufdrängten.
      Nonsensical thoughts flashed through my brain, thoughts from which I flinched back and which nevertheless forced themselves upon me repeatedly.

Conjugation

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