ausschauen
German, verb[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaʊ̯ən]
ausschauen is spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-A-U-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausschauen is a German verb meaning “to look, to appear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Bild nach außen abgeben”.
What does ausschauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look, to appear
- 2
to look out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Bild nach außen abgeben 2. nach etwas oder jemanden sehen, etwas oder jemanden erwarten
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 ausschauen
- schaut aus present singular third-person
- schaute aus past
- ausgeschaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausschauend participle present
- auszuschauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schaue aus first-person indicative present
- schauen aus first-person indicative plural
- schaust aus indicative present second-person
- schauest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- schauet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- schauten aus first-person indicative plural
- schautest aus indicative preterite second-person
- schautet aus indicative plural preterite
- schau aus! imperative singular
- schaue aus! imperative singular
- schaut aus! imperative plural
- ausgeschaut haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausschauen?
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ausschauen in German?
ausschauen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).