Usage Note
Durchzug is the draught created when windows or doors on opposite sides of a room are open simultaneously. Germans are famously wary of it; Durchzug vermeiden is common advice.
Examples
"Mach nicht Durchzug, sonst erkältest du dich."
Natural Translation
Don't create a draught or you'll catch a cold.
Literal Translation
Make no draught, otherwise you-catch-cold yourself.
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