Polyglot Dictionary

gucken

/ˈɡʊkn̩/

verb A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
guckt
past
guckte
perfect
hat geguckt

Meaning

  1. to look (colloquial)

    A very common colloquial alternative to schauen/sehen, widely used across Germany.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

schauen

schauen is common especially in southern German/Austrian speech; gucken is the equivalent colloquial word more common in the north and centre.

Practice

1 What does gucken mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches gucken?

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