Before you start
Meet sehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 8 meanings
- (intransitive) to see; to have sight
- (transitive) to see (something); to perceive by vision
- (transitive) to see [with accusative ‘someone’ and bare infinitive ‘do something’]
- (transitive or intransitive) to realize; to notice; to see; to find out
- (transitive) to meet (someone); to meet up; to see; but not in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation
- (intransitive) 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
Forms
How sehen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | sehe | sah |
| du | siehst | sahst |
| er/sie/es | sieht | sah |
| wir | sehen | sahen |
| ihr | seht | saht |
| Sie | sehen | sahen |
Partizip II gesehen · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich sehe den Bus.I see the bus.present tense
- 2Wir haben gestern einen Film gesehen.We watched a film yesterday.Perfekt with haben
- 3Du kannst den Weg gut sehen.You can see the path clearly.modal verb
Verb family
Separable verbs built on sehen
Add a prefix to sehen and the meaning changes.