erschauen
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯ən/
erschauen is spelled E-R-S-C-H-A-U-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erschauen is a German verb meaning “to sight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erblicken”.
What does erschauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sight
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. erblicken 2. (in seiner Bedeutung) erblickend erkennen
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 erschauen
- erschaut present singular third-person
- erschaute past
- haben auxiliary
- erschauend participle present
- erschaue first-person indicative present
- erschaust indicative present second-person
- erschauest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschauet plural second-person subjunctive
- erschauten first-person indicative plural
- erschautest indicative preterite second-person
- erschautet indicative plural preterite
- erschau imperative second-person singular
- habe erschaut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erschaut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erschau! imperative singular
- erschaue! imperative singular
- erschaut! imperative plural
- erschaut haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erschauen?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯ən/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erschauen in German?
erschauen appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).