überschauen

/ˌyːbɐˈʃaʊ̯ən/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present
überschaut
past
überschaute
perfect
hat überschaut

Meaning

  1. to survey

    Built from über (over) + schauen (to look).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Made of

  • über over
  • schauen to look

Similar words

überblicken

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 überschauen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Man kann die Folgen kaum ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches überschauen?

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