hochschauen
German, verb[ˈhoːxˌʃaʊ̯ən]
hochschauen is spelled H-O-C-H-S-C-H-A-U-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written German, the 625,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochschauen is a German verb meaning “to look up (to look in an upward direction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach oben blicken”.
What does hochschauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look up (to look in an upward direction)
Sie hätte nicht einmal von ihrem Handy hochgeschaut.
- 2
to look up
Ich habe natürlich immer zu meinem Vater hochgeschaut und ihn bewundert.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach oben blicken
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 hochschauen
- schaut hoch present singular third-person
- schaute hoch past
- hochgeschaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hochschauend participle present
- hochzuschauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schaue hoch first-person indicative present
- schauen hoch first-person indicative plural
- schaust hoch indicative present second-person
- schauest hoch second-person singular subjunctive
- schauet hoch plural second-person subjunctive
- schauten hoch first-person indicative plural
- schautest hoch indicative preterite second-person
- schautet hoch indicative plural preterite
- schau hoch! imperative singular
- schaue hoch! imperative singular
- schaut hoch! imperative plural
- hochgeschaut haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hochschauen?
- [ˈhoːxˌʃaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hochschauen in German?
hochschauen appears about once in every 98 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).