Polyglot Dictionary

zusehen

/ˈtsuːˌzeːən/

verb B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
sieht zu
past
sah zu
perfect
hat zugesehen

Meaning

  1. to watch, to look on

    Separable verb: sehen (to see) + prefix zu-. Close to zuschauen.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

ansehen

Ansehen is looking at or watching something specific, like a film; zusehen is watching or looking on passively as something happens.

Practice

1 What does zusehen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er ___ dem Spiel interessiert zu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zusehen?

See also

verbseparable-verb

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