🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

durchdringen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: durchdringen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pervade/pəˈveɪd/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Ein Gefühl der Ruhe schien das ganze Haus zu durchdringen."

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To spread through all parts of something; to exist in every part of something.

    "A sense of gloom seemed to pervade the entire office."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 17th century: from Latin pervadere, from per- 'through' + vadere 'go'.

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