Before you start
Meet schauen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 7 meanings
- (transitive, copulative) to watch, to view (a movie or other performance)
- (intransitive, copulative, chiefly Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) to look (at something, at a certain location, in a certain direction, in a certain way)
- (intransitive, chiefly Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, in the imperative) to look
- (intransitive, Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) to watch out, to take care; to make sure, to see to it [with dass (+ clause) ‘that something happens’]
- (intransitive, Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) 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
- (intransitive, Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) to look after, to watch, to take care, to keep an eye on [with auf (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’]
Forms
How schauen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | schaue | schaute |
| du | schaust | schautest |
| er/sie/es | schaut | schaute |
| wir | schauen | schauten |
| ihr | schaut | schautet |
| Sie | schauen | schauten |
Partizip II geschaut · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich schaue aus dem Fenster.I look out of the window.looking out
- 2Wir haben gestern einen Film geschaut.We watched a film yesterday.Perfekt with haben
- 3Sie bleibt hier, weil sie nach draußen schaut.She stays here because she is looking outside.verb at the end after weil
Verb family
Separable verbs built on schauen
Add a prefix to schauen and the meaning changes.