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aussehen

German, verb

aussehen is spelled A-U-S-S-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written German, the 1,424th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aussehen is a German verb meaning “to look, seem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Aussehen is a different word: “look, appearance”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Bild nach außen abgeben”.

What does aussehen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to look, seem

    Du siehst müde aus.

  2. 2

    [with nach (+ dative) ‘like someone/something’]

    Schau dir die dunklen Wolken an! Das sieht nach Regen aus.

  3. 3

    colloquialto look good or bad; depending on intonation

    Das sieht aus! – Ich find schon, dass das aussieht.

  4. 4

    to look out, to watch out

    Er saß am Ufer und sah nach den Booten aus.

  5. 5

    datedto look for and find; to pick; to select

    Sieh dir den Besten aus!

noun

as Aussehen
  1. 1

    neuterlook, appearance

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

noun: 1. Anblick, den jemand anderen bietet

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 aussehen

  • Aussehens genitive
  • sieht aus present singular third-person
  • sah aus past
  • ausgesehen participle past
  • sähe aus past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 5 strong
  • aussehend participle present
  • auszusehen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • sehe aus first-person indicative present
  • sehen aus first-person indicative plural
  • siehst aus indicative present second-person
  • seht aus indicative plural present
  • sehest aus second-person singular subjunctive
  • sehet aus plural second-person subjunctive
  • sahen aus first-person indicative plural
  • sähen aus first-person plural subjunctive
  • sahst aus indicative preterite second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to aussehen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aussehen in German?

aussehen appears 60 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).

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