zusehen
German, verb/ˈtsuːˌzeːən/
zusehen is spelled Z-U-S-E-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zusehen is a German verb meaning “to watch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (passiv) anschauen”.
What does zusehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to watch
Ich kann dir von hier aus zusehen.
- 2
to watch out, to take care; to make sure, to see to it
Achtung! Sieh zu, wo du stehst.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (passiv) anschauen 2. sich anstrengen, sich Mühe geben, etwas zu tun
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 zusehen
- sieht zu present singular third-person
- sah zu past
- zugesehen participle past
- sähe zu past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- zusehend participle present
- zuzusehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- sehe zu first-person indicative present
- sehen zu first-person indicative plural
- siehst zu indicative present second-person
- seht zu indicative plural present
- sehest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- sehet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- sahen zu first-person indicative plural
- sähen zu first-person plural subjunctive
- sahst zu indicative preterite second-person
- saht zu indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zusehen?
- /ˈtsuːˌzeːən/
- [ˈt͡suːˌzeːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zusehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zusehen in German?
zusehen appears 9.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).