Verb

blättern

Translation

to leaf through, to flick through, to turn the pages

Ich blättere in einem alten Buch.

I am leafing through an old book.

Sie blätterte nervös durch die Zeitschrift.

She nervously flicked through the magazine.

((in+3)) to leaf through (sth.) I am leafing in a book.

((durch+4)) to flick through (sth.) He flicked through the newspaper.

umblättern (to turn over a page), durchsehen (to look through)

Derived from 'das Blatt' (leaf, page). The '-ern' suffix often indicates a repeated action, so it means to repeatedly turn the 'Blätter' (pages).

Imagine turning the 'leaves' (Blätter) of a book.