obsen
German, verb[ˈʔɔpsn̩]
obsen is a German verb meaning “to keep (someone, something) under surveillance, to surveil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(zu einem bestimmten Zweck) jemanden oder etwas über einen bestimmten, zumeist längeren, Zeitraum…”.
What does obsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to keep (someone, something) under surveillance, to surveil
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (zu einem bestimmten Zweck) jemanden oder etwas über einen bestimmten, zumeist längeren, Zeitraum (polizeilich, nachrichtendienstlich) beobachten, überwachen
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 obsen
- obst present singular third-person
- obste past
- geobst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- obsend participle present
- obse first-person indicative present
- obsest second-person singular subjunctive
- obset plural second-person subjunctive
- obsten first-person indicative plural
- obstest indicative preterite second-person
- obstet indicative plural preterite
- obs imperative second-person singular
- habe geobst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geobst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- obs! imperative singular
- obse! imperative singular
- obst! imperative plural
- geobst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obsen?
- [ˈʔɔpsn̩]
- [ˈɔpsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.