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GERMAN VERB

schauen

to look

  • #107 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geschaut

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use schauen

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

  1. Present

    Ich schaue nur kurz, ob die Post da ist.

    I'm just quickly checking whether the post is here.

  2. Simple past

    Er schaute aus dem Fenster und seufzte.

    He looked out of the window and sighed.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du schon in den Briefkasten geschaut?

    Have you looked in the mailbox yet?

  4. Future

    Wir werden heute Abend einen Film schauen.

    We'll watch a film tonight.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde zuerst im Internet schauen, was es kostet.

    I'd look online first to see what it costs.

  6. Imperative

    Schau mal, wer da kommt!

    Look who's coming!

Good to know

  • Schauen is the southern word for to look; in the north people say gucken. Schau mal! is "look!"
  • Einen Film schauen is to watch a film.

Where you hear schauen

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German · Beginner Level 3

  • Schau mal, Max! Look, Max!
  • Ich habe auf die Uhr geschaut. I looked at the clock.
  • Morgen schaue ich das Formular an. Tomorrow I'll have a look at the form.

German · Advanced Level 2

  • Schau mal, Max! Look, Max!
  • Ich habe auf die Uhr geschaut. I looked at the clock.
  • Morgen schaue ich das Formular an. Tomorrow I'll have a look at the form.
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