Durchfließt

Durchfließt is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb durchfließen, meaning flows through or passes through. It describes the movement of a substance, current, or influence through a medium, such as water through a riverbed, electricity through a conductor, or information through a network. The subject is the entity that traverses the medium, and the pathway is the area through which it moves.

Origin and grammar: The verb is formed from durch- (through) and fließen (to flow). In standard modern German, many uses of this idea employ the separable prefix form fließt durch (er fließt durch das Tal). The form durchfließt is commonly found in text and may reflect a particular stylistic choice or older usage, with the sense of "flows through" preserved.

Examples: Der Fluss durchfließt das Tal. Das Wasser durchfließt die Röhren. Die Informationen durchfließen das Netzwerk. In metaphorical use, one may speak of Ideen oder Einflüsse, die durch eine Szene durchfließen, though other verbs such as fließen or durchziehen may be preferred depending on register and nuance.

Related terms: Durchfluss (flow-through), Durchflussrate (flow rate), Durchströmung. See also fließen, durchströmend, durchziehen. The concept is closely related to but distinct from other German verbs meaning to pass through or to traverse, and its exact choice can affect emphasis and formality.