herabblicken
German, verb[hɛˈʁapˌblɪkn̩]
herabblicken is spelled H-E-R-A-B-B-L-I-C-K-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herabblicken is a German verb meaning “to look downwards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von oben nach unten sehen”.
What does herabblicken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look downwards
- 2
to look down (feel superior to)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von oben nach unten sehen 2. hochmütig ansehen, von oben herab ansehen (im Gefühl der eigenen Überlegenheit)
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 herabblicken
- blickt herab present singular third-person
- blickte herab past
- herabgeblickt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herabblickend participle present
- herabzublicken infinitive infinitive-zu
- blicke herab first-person indicative present
- blicken herab first-person indicative plural
- blickst herab indicative present second-person
- blickest herab second-person singular subjunctive
- blicket herab plural second-person subjunctive
- blickten herab first-person indicative plural
- blicktest herab indicative preterite second-person
- blicktet herab indicative plural preterite
- blick herab! imperative singular
- blicke herab! imperative singular
- blickt herab! imperative plural
- herabgeblickt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herabblicken?
- [hɛˈʁapˌblɪkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herabblicken in German?
herabblicken appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).