Translation
to see; to look
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Word origin
From Old High German sehan, from the same Germanic root as English see.
- Origin
- Old High German
- Root
- sehan
- English cognates
- see
Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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See you tomorrow.
?
Can you see the bird up there?
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We have not seen each other for a long time.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(24)Der Schlüssel
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Im Hotel: drei Nächte für die Klasse
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Wo ist Bruno?
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Beim Arzt mit Schmerzen
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Das falsche Tor
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Das Licht gegenüber
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Der Ausflug am Freitag
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Der falsche Bus
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Der Kuchen für Oma
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Der Tag für die Zukunft
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Die Tür ist offen
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Ein Foto mit dem Star
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Ein Job am Samstag
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Eine Überraschung für Oma
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Im Geschäft: Das Handy ist kaputt
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Wo ist mein Handy?
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Zwei Karten fürs Konzert
3 min read · Core 5000
Das Vorbild mit der Werbung
4 min read · Core 5000
Der neue Freund
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Die Uniform-Frage
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Eine Woche ohne Handy
4 min read · Core 5000
Das neue Lied
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Die Tasche am See
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Wer hat den Garten zerstört?
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Grammar articles
(16)German Compound Nouns: Connecting Letters (Fugenelemente)
German Da-Compounds: darauf, damit, dafür, davon Explained
German Future Tense: werden Plus the Infinitive (and Futur II)
German man, einen, einem and jemand: Talking About 'One' and 'Someone'
German Irregular Verbs: The Strong Verb Patterns That Repeat
German Modal Verbs: All Six Conjugated as One Block
German Passive Voice: werden Plus a Participle, Again
German Past Participles: gemacht, gesprochen, verstanden
German Perfect Tense: haben or sein, Plus a Past Participle
German Personal Pronouns: ich, mich, mir and the Formal Sie
German Question Words: wer, was, wo, wann, warum and wie
German Separable Verbs: anrufen, aufstehen and the Prefix That Jumps to the End
German Simple Past (Präteritum): war, hatte and the Written Past
German Stem-Changing Verbs: sprichst, siehst, fährst
German Verb Conjugation: The One Pattern Under Every Verb
German zu + Infinitive: um zu, ohne zu, statt zu Explained
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sehen: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 12: sehen, sehr, alle and 11 more words.