Polyglot Dictionary

sehen

/ˈzeːən/

verb A1

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

ich
sehe
du
siehst
er/sie/es
sieht
past
sah
perfect
hat gesehen

Meaning

  1. to see

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

schauen

sehen is the basic perception of sight, often involuntary. schauen (to look) is a deliberate act of directing your gaze somewhere — closer to English "look" than "see".

Practice

1 What does sehen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich ___ dich später.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sehen?

See also

verbirregularcore-vocabulary

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