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schauen.

to watch, to view (a movie or other performance)

7 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃaʊ̯ən/
  1. to watch, to view (a movie or other performance)

    copulative · transitive · weak
    Ich schaue gern Fußball.
  2. to look (at something, at a certain location, in a certain direction, in a certain way)

    Austria · Bavaria · Southern-Germany · copulative · intransitive · weak
    Schau, ich hab die Schlüssel gefunden.
    Warum schaust du denn so böse?
  3. to look (at something, at a certain location, in a certain direction, in a certain way) to look

    Austria · Bavaria · Southern-Germany · copulative · intransitive · weak
  4. to watch out, to take care; to make sure, to see to it

    Austria · Bavaria · Southern-Germany · intransitive · weak
    Schaut, dass ihr pünktlich seid.
    Keine Sorge, ich schau, dass du nicht ins Gefängnis kommst.
  5. 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

    Austria · Bavaria · Southern-Germany · intransitive · weak
    auf/nach etwas schauen
  6. to look after, to watch, to take care, to keep an eye on

    Austria · Bavaria · Southern-Germany · intransitive · weak
    Kannst du bitte auf das Kind schauen?
  7. to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see

    informal · intransitive · weak
    Ach, schauen wir einmal, wie sich die Sache entwickelt.
Where this word comes from

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.

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