runterschauen
German, verb
runterschauen is spelled R-U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-A-U-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Runterschauen is a German verb meaning “to look down (look in a downward direction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does runterschauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto look down (look in a downward direction)
Ich habe ins Loch runtergeschaut.
- 2
colloquialto look down
Lass nicht zu, dass sie auf dich runterschauen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of runterschauen
- schaut runter present singular third-person
- schaute runter past
- runtergeschaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- runterschauend participle present
- runterzuschauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schaue runter first-person indicative present
- schauen runter first-person indicative plural
- schaust runter indicative present second-person
- schauest runter second-person singular subjunctive
- schauet runter plural second-person subjunctive
- schauten runter first-person indicative plural
- schautest runter indicative preterite second-person
- schautet runter indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce runterschauen?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is runterschauen in German?
runterschauen appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).