uitvloeit

Uitvloeit is a Dutch term used to describe the act of flowing out from a source. It is the present tense form often associated with the verb uitvloeien, indicating movement outward from a container, system, or region. While the overall sense is discharge or efflux, the expression can be applied to liquids, gases, and other materials, and it is also used metaphorically for outflows such as capital, information, or people leaving a place.

Etymology and usage context: The word combines uit- (out) with vloeien (to flow), and is related to similar Germanic roots such as ausfließen. In technical writing, the concept appears across disciplines, including hydrology, engineering, chemistry, physics, geography, and economics, to denote substances or values that leave a defined domain.

Spelling and grammar: In modern Dutch, the separable verb form is usually written with the two elements split: vloeit uit. The single-word form uitvloeit may be seen in older texts or in certain stylistic contexts, but the two-word construction is standard in contemporary usage. For noun-like notions of outflow, Dutch typically uses uitstroom or uitstroom; uitvloeien or uitvloeiing are less common variants.

See also: vloeien, uitvloeien, uitstroom, uitstroom, uitvloed.