schauen
Appearance
See also: Schauen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schouwen, from Old High German scouwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”). Cognate with Old English scēawian (“to look at, examine, show”). Compare English show.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schauen (weak, third-person singular present schaut, past tense schaute, past participle geschaut, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, copulative) to watch, to view (a movie or other performance)
- Ich schaue gern Fußball. ― I like to watch football/soccer.
- (intransitive, copulative, chiefly Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) to look (at something, at a certain location, in a certain direction, in a certain way)
- Schau, ich hab die Schlüssel gefunden. ― Look, I found the keys.
- Warum schaust du denn so böse? ― Why are you looking so angry?
- (intransitive, chiefly Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, in the imperative) to look
- Schau, das funktioniert folgendermaßen: ... ― Look, this is how it works: ...
- Na schau, das war doch gar nicht so schwer. ― Well, look at that, it wasn't so difficult after all, was it?
- (intransitive, Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) to watch out, to take care; to make sure, to see to it [with dass (+ clause) ‘that something happens’]
- Synonym: zusehen
- Schaut, dass ihr pünktlich seid. ― Make sure that you’ll be on time
- Keine Sorge, ich schau, dass du nicht ins Gefängnis kommst. ― Don't worry, I'll see to it that you don't go to jail.
- (intransitive, Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) to look (at); to watch [with auf (+ accusative) or nach (+ dative) ‘someone/something’]; the construction with nach often implies a turning of the head; other prepositions can be used depending on the context
- auf/nach etwas schauen ― to look at something
- (intransitive, Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) to look after, to watch, to take care, to keep an eye on [with auf (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’]
- Kannst du bitte auf das Kind schauen? ― Could you please keep an eye on the child?
- (intransitive, informal) to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see
- Ach, schauen wir einmal, wie sich die Sache entwickelt. ― Well, let's wait and see how things develop.
Usage notes
[edit]- In writing, schauen is normal throughout the language area.
- In colloquial speech, the word is commonly used in southern Germany and Austria. In northern and central Germany it is fairly rare and, to some, may sound affected, whereas the opposite is true in southern Germany and Austria.
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | schauen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schauend | ||||
| past participle | geschaut | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schaue | wir schauen | i | ich schaue | wir schauen |
| du schaust | ihr schaut | du schauest | ihr schauet | ||
| er schaut | sie schauen | er schaue | sie schauen | ||
| preterite | ich schaute | wir schauten | ii | ich schaute1 | wir schauten1 |
| du schautest | ihr schautet | du schautest1 | ihr schautet1 | ||
| er schaute | sie schauten | er schaute1 | sie schauten1 | ||
| imperative | schau (du) schaue (du) |
schaut (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]verbs
- abschauen
- anschauen
- aufschauen
- ausschauen
- da schau her
- dem Tod ins Auge schauen
- dem Volk aufs Maul schauen
- dreinschauen
- dumm aus der Wäsche schauen
- durch die Finger schauen
- durchschauen
- einschauen
- fernschauen
- fortschauen
- herabschauen
- heraufschauen
- herausschauen
- hereinschauen
- herschauen
- herüberschauen
- herumschauen
- herunterschauen
- hervorschauen
- hinabschauen
- hinaufschauen
- hineinschauen
- hinschauen
- hinter die Kulissen schauen
- hinterherschauen
- hinüberschauen
- hinunterschauen
- hinwegschauen
- hochschauen
- mitschauen
- nachschauen
- raufschauen
- rausschauen
- rüberschauen
- rumschauen
- runterschauen
- überschauen
- umherschauen
- umschauen
- vorausschauen
- vorbeischauen
- vorschauen
- wegschauen
- weiterschauen
- zurückschauen
- zuschauen
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