ein Buch durchblättern
to leaf/flip through a book
Türkçe: kitabı karıştırmak
In a sentence
Der Journalist durchblättert ein Buch auf der Suche nach Zitaten.
How it is used
Means 'to leaf/flip through a book' without reading thoroughly. Neutral register. Used in a bookstore when skimming pages. Mistake: learners confuse with 'lesen' — 'durchblättern' implies quick, superficial scanning.
Other verbs that go with Buch
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- Buch führento keep accounts/books
- ein Buch lesento read a book
- ein Buch verfassento write/compose a book
- ein Buch verreißen / kritisierento severely criticize or pan a book
- ein Buch verlegento publish a book
- aus einem Buch vorlesento read aloud from a book
- aus einem Buch zitierento quote from a book
- in einem Buch nachschlagen.to look something up in a book
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