aussehen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ūzsehen. Analysable as aus- (“out”) +‎ sehen (“to see”). Compare Yiddish אויסזען (oyszen), Dutch uitzien, Norwegian Nynorsk sjå ut, Swedish se ut, Danish se ud. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯sˌzeː.ən/, [ˈʔaʊ̯sˌzeːən], [ˈʔaʊ̯sˌzeːn̩] (standard) IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ˌseːn/ (common speech) === Verb === aussehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sieht aus, past tense sah aus, past participle ausgesehen, past subjunctive sähe aus, auxiliary haben) (copulative) to look, seem [with adjective ‘in a given state’ or wie (+ nominative) ‘like someone/something’] Du siehst müde aus. ― You look tired. Findest du nicht, dass der Typ wie Mick Jagger aussieht? ― Don't you think that guy looks like Mick Jagger? (to point to, to be suggestive or indicative of) [with nach (+ dative) ‘like someone/something’] Schau dir die dunklen Wolken an! Das sieht nach Regen aus. ― Look at those dark clouds! That looks like rain. (intransitive, colloquial) to look good or bad; depending on intonation (intransitive) to look out, to watch out [with nach (+ dative) ‘for someone/something’] (transitive, usually with dative reflexive, possibly dated) to look for and find; to pick; to select ==== Usage notes ==== In the sense of “to look like something”, aussehen is construed with the conjunction wie or the preposition nach. For the nuance of meaning “to be suggestive of”, compare the sense “like” of nach after verbs of sensual perception. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (all senses): ausschauen ==== Derived terms ==== alt aussehen Aussehen gutaussehend sich die Augen aussehen ==== Related terms ==== ausersehen Aussicht === Further reading === “aussehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “aussehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “aussehen” in Duden online “aussehen” in OpenThesaurus.de