Conjunation

anschauen — German conjugation

to look at

Frequency#458Regular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Regular

Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.

Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschaue anI look at
duschaust anyou look at
er/sie/esschaut anhe/she/it looks at
wirschauen anwe look at
ihrschaut anyou (pl.) look at
sie/Sieschauen anthey look at

Simple past (Präteritum) Regular

Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.

Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichschaute anI looked at
duschautest anyou looked at
er/sie/esschaute anhe/she/it looked at
wirschauten anwe looked at
ihrschautet anyou (pl.) looked at
sie/Sieschauten anthey looked at

Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular

The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.

Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe angeschautI have looked at
duhast angeschautyou have looked at
er/sie/eshat angeschauthe/she/it has looked at
wirhaben angeschautwe have looked at
ihrhabt angeschautyou (pl.) have looked at
sie/Siehaben angeschautthey have looked at

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular

The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.

Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte angeschautI had looked at
duhattest angeschautyou had looked at
er/sie/eshatte angeschauthe/she/it had looked at
wirhatten angeschautwe had looked at
ihrhattet angeschautyou (pl.) had looked at
sie/Siehatten angeschautthey had looked at

Future I (Futur I) Regular

Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.

Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde anschauenI will look at
duwirst anschauenyou will look at
er/sie/eswird anschauenhe/she/it will look at
wirwerden anschauenwe will look at
ihrwerdet anschauenyou (pl.) will look at
sie/Siewerden anschauenthey will look at

Future II (Futur II) Regular

Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.

Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde angeschaut habenI will have looked at
duwirst angeschaut habenyou will have looked at
er/sie/eswird angeschaut habenhe/she/it will have looked at
wirwerden angeschaut habenwe will have looked at
ihrwerdet angeschaut habenyou (pl.) will have looked at
sie/Siewerden angeschaut habenthey will have looked at

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular

Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.

Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?

PronounGerman
ichschaute an
duschautest an
er/sie/esschaute an
wirschauten an
ihrschautet an
sie/Sieschauten an

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Regular

The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.

Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.

PronounGerman
duschaue an
ihrschaut an

Verbs near anschauen

verderben · überzeugen · abnehmen · einschließen · behaupten · anstrengen · eintauchen · regieren · umwandeln · fließen