| Schauen |
| 1. n. plural of Schau | |
| 2. v. to look (at something, at a certain location, in a certain direction) | |
| 3. v. to watch, to view | |
| Ich schaue gern Fußball. - I like to watch football/soccer. | |
| Schau |
| 1. n-f. show | |
| Sehen |
| 1. n. (gerund of sehen): "seeing". | |
| 2. v. to see; to have sight | |
| Er sieht nicht gut. - He doesn’t see well. | |
| 3. v. to see (something); to perceive by vision | |
| 4. v. to realize; to notice; to see; to find out | |
| 5. v. to meet (somebody); to meet up; to see; (butnot in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation) | |
| Siehst du den Markus noch? - Do you still see Markus? (Do you meet him regularly? Are you still friends with him?) | |
| 6. v. to look at; to watch; (the construction with nach often implies a turning of the head; other prepositions can be used depending on the context) | |
| auf/nach etwas sehen - to look at something | |
| 7. v. to check on; to look after; to see to (+preo, nach) | |
| Hast du in letzter Zeit nach dem Baby gesehen? - Have you seen to the baby recently? | |
| 8. v. to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see | |
| Das werden wir dann sehen. - We’ll see then. / We’ll play it by ear. | |
| Soll ich Nudeln oder Pizza nehmen? — Das musst du selber sehen. - Should I take pasta or pizza? — You’ll have to decide for yourself. | |
