schauen

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German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊ̯ən/
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Verb

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schauen (weak, third-person singular present schaut, past tense schaute, past participle geschaut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to look (at something, at a certain location, in a certain direction)
  2. (transitive) to watch, to view
    Ich schaue gern Fußball.
    I like to watch football/soccer.

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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