Verb

durchblättern

Translation

to leaf through, to flick through, to skim through

Ich habe die Zeitschrift nur kurz durchgeblättert.

I only quickly leafed through the magazine.

Er durchblätterte das Buch im Laden.

He flicked through the book in the store.

((et4)) durchblättern to leaf through (sth.) He leafed through the newspaper.

überfliegen (to skim), durchsehen (to look through)

From 'durch' (through) and 'blättern' (to turn pages), which comes from 'Blatt' (leaf/page).

Imagine your fingers going 'through' the pages ('Blätter') of a book as you flick them.