nachsehen

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German

Etymology

nach +‎ sehen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːxˌzeːən/
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Verb

nachsehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sieht nach, past tense sah nach, past participle nachgesehen, past subjunctive sähe nach, auxiliary haben)

  1. to look into (investigate, explore, or consider), check up on
    Synonyms: nachschauen, nachblicken
  2. to look up (obtain information about something from a text source)
    Synonym: nachschlagen
  3. to look at (something) as it moves away
    Synonym: nachblicken
  4. to forgive, excuse, be understanding about
    Synonyms: verzeihen, entschuldigen

Conjugation

Further reading

  • nachsehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nachsehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nachsehen” in Duden online
  • nachsehen” in OpenThesaurus.de