schwarzsehen

== German == === Alternative forms === schwarz sehen (superseded) === Etymology === From schwarz (“black”) +‎ sehen (“to see, to watch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃvaʁt͡szeːən] Hyphenation: schwarz‧se‧hen === Verb === schwarzsehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sieht schwarz, past tense sah schwarz, past participle schwarzgesehen, past subjunctive sähe schwarz, auxiliary haben) to be pessimistic (television) to watch television without paying one's license ==== Usage notes ==== The spelling schwarzsehen was deprecated in 1996 in the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). The spelling schwarzsehen has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform) as of 2004. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schwarzsehen, Schwarzseher, Schwarzseherei schwarzsehend, schwarzgesehen ==== Related terms ==== schwarzmalen schwarzfahren schwarzarbeiten === Further reading === “schwarzsehen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schwarzsehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schwarzsehen” in Duden online