durchsickern

German

Etymology

durch- + sickern

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʊʁçˌzɪkɐn]
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  • Hyphenation: durch‧si‧ckern

Verb

durchsickern (weak, third-person singular present sickert durch, past tense sickerte durch, past participle durchgesickert, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive, of liquids) to percolate, permeate
  2. (intransitive, of information) to leak out; to leak
    Synonym: (transitive) durchstechen
    Information durchsickern lassento leak information (literally, “to let information leak out”)
    Das Geheimnis ist durchgesickert.The secret has leaked out.

Conjugation

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