äugen
German, verb
äugen is spelled Ä-U-G-E-N (5 letters) and appears 178 times per million words in written German, the 478th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Äugen is a German verb meaning “to look in a searching or cautious way (typically said of animals or of shy, anxious or curious persons)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Augen is a different word: “plural of Auge”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “blicken, suchend schauen”.
What does äugen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look in a searching or cautious way (typically said of animals or of shy, anxious or curious persons)
Sie äugte ängstlich um die Ecke.
- 2
obsoleteto show, allow to see
noun
- 1
neuterplural of Auge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. blicken, suchend schauen
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 äugen
- äugt present singular third-person
- äugte past
- geäugt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- äugend participle present
- äuge first-person indicative present
- äugst indicative present second-person
- äugest second-person singular subjunctive
- äuget plural second-person subjunctive
- äugten first-person indicative plural
- äugtest indicative preterite second-person
- äugtet indicative plural preterite
- äug imperative second-person singular
- habe geäugt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geäugt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- äug! imperative singular
- äuge! imperative singular
- äugt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to äugen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is äugen in German?
äugen appears 178 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).