anschauen
German, verb
anschauen is spelled A-N-S-C-H-A-U-E-N (9 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,961st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anschauen is a German verb meaning “to look at; to behold; to observe (visually); to view” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anschauen is a different word: “gerund of anschauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Blick bewusst auf etwas oder jemanden richten”.
What does anschauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look at; to behold; to observe (visually); to view
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anschauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Blick bewusst auf etwas oder jemanden richten 2. als Zuschauer etwas sehen 3. für etwas halten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anschauen
- schaut an present singular third-person
- schaute an past
- angeschaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anschauend participle present
- anzuschauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schaue an first-person indicative present
- schauen an first-person indicative plural
- schaust an indicative present second-person
- schauest an second-person singular subjunctive
- schauet an plural second-person subjunctive
- schauten an first-person indicative plural
- schautest an indicative preterite second-person
- schautet an indicative plural preterite
- schau an! imperative singular
- schaut an! imperative plural
- angeschaut haben active infinitive perfect
- angeschaut werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anschauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anschauen in German?
anschauen appears 28 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).