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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)
- (intransitive) to look (at something, at a certain location, in a certain direction)
- (transitive) to watch, to view
- Ich schaue gern Fußball.
- I like to watch football/soccer.
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 | ||||
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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]- abschauen
- anschauen
- aufschauen
- ausschauen
- beschauen
- 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
- erschauen
- fernschauen
- fortschauen
- herabschauen
- heraufschauen
- herausschauen
- hereinschauen
- herschauen
- herüberschauen
- herumschauen
- herunterschauen
- hervorschauen
- hinabschauen
- hinaufschauen
- hineinschauen
- hineinschauen
- hinschauen
- hinter die Kulissen schauen
- hinterherschauen
- hinüberschauen
- hinunterschauen
- hinwegschauen
- hochschauen
- mitschauen
- nachschauen
- raufschauen
- rausschauen
- rüberschauen
- rumschauen
- runterschauen
- Schau
- überschauen
- umherschauen
- umschauen
- verschauen
- vorausschauen
- vorbeischauen
- vorschauen
- wegschauen
- weiterschauen
- zurückschauen
- zuschauen
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewh₁-
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German intransitive verbs
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