Polyglot Dictionary

überblicken

/ˌyːbɐˈblɪkn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
überblickt
past
überblickte
perfect
hat überblickt

Meaning

  1. to survey

    Built from über (over) + Blick (view).

    • Von hier überblickt man das Tal.

      From here you can survey the valley.

    • Vom Turm kann man die ganze Stadt überblicken. Wir machten viele Fotos.

      From the tower you can survey the whole city. We took many photos.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • über over
  • Blick view

Similar words

überschauen

überblicken and überschauen are close synonyms for "to survey," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

encuestar

encuestar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to survey."

Practice

1 What does überblicken mean?

2 Fill the gap: Von hier ___ man das Tal.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches überblicken?

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