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hinunterschauen

German, verb[hɪˈnʊntɐˌʃaʊ̯ən]

hinunterschauen is spelled H-I-N-U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-A-U-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinunterschauen is a German verb meaning “to look down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does hinunterschauen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to look down

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of hinunterschauen

  • schaut hinunter present singular third-person
  • schaute hinunter past
  • hinuntergeschaut participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • hinunterschauend participle present
  • hinunterzuschauen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • schaue hinunter first-person indicative present
  • schauen hinunter first-person indicative plural
  • schaust hinunter indicative present second-person
  • schauest hinunter second-person singular subjunctive
  • schauet hinunter plural second-person subjunctive
  • schauten hinunter first-person indicative plural
  • schautest hinunter indicative preterite second-person
  • schautet hinunter indicative plural preterite

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

How do you pronounce hinunterschauen?

  • [hɪˈnʊntɐˌʃaʊ̯ən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is hinunterschauen in German?

hinunterschauen appears about once in every 46 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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