sehen

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From Old High German sehan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwanan, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to see).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈzeːən/
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  • Homophone: Seen

[edit] Verb

sehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular simple present sieht, past tense sah, auxiliary haben, past participle gesehen)

  1. (intransitive) to see; to look; to have sight
    auf etwas sehen — “to look at something”
    nach etwas sehen — “to look for something”
  2. (intransitive, with “nach ...”) to take care (of something or someone); to make (something) happen; to see (to something); to look (after someone)
  3. (transitive) to see (something); to view; to watch; to observe; to look at
  4. (transitive) to notice; to perceive; to realize
  5. (reflexive with a plural subject or transitive) to meet; to go to see

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