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GERMAN VERB

ansehen

to look at

  • #97 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: angesehen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I look at
  2. du you look at
  3. er, sie, es he/she looks at
  4. wir we look at
  5. ihr you all look at
  6. sie, Sie they look at

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I looked at
  2. du you looked at
  3. er, sie, es he/she looked at
  4. wir we looked at
  5. ihr you all looked at
  6. sie, Sie they looked at

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have looked at
  2. du you have looked at
  3. er, sie, es he/she has looked at
  4. wir we have looked at
  5. ihr you all have looked at
  6. sie, Sie they have looked at

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will look at
  2. du you will look at
  3. er, sie, es he/she will look at
  4. wir we will look at
  5. ihr you all will look at
  6. sie, Sie they will look at

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would look at
  2. du you would look at
  3. er, sie, es he/she would look at
  4. wir we would look at
  5. ihr you all would look at
  6. sie, Sie they would look at

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du look at!
  2. ihr look at! (all of you)
  3. Sie look at! (formal)

How to use ansehen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ich sehe mir heute Abend den Film an.

    I'm watching the film tonight.

  2. Simple past

    Er sah mich lange an und lächelte.

    He looked at me for a long time and smiled.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du dir die Wohnung schon angesehen?

    Have you had a look at the flat yet?

  4. Future

    Wir werden uns morgen das Haus ansehen.

    We'll look at the house tomorrow.

  5. Conditional

    Das würde ich mir gern mal ansehen.

    I'd like to take a look at that.

  6. Imperative

    Sieh dir das an, wie schön!

    Look at that, how beautiful!

Good to know

  • Sich etwas ansehen is to take a look at it: Ich sehe mir das mal an.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.