nachsehen

German

Etymology

nach +‎ sehen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːxˌzeːən/
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Verb

nachsehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sieht nach, past tense sah nach, past participle nachgesehen, past subjunctive sähe nach, auxiliary haben)

  1. to look into (investigate, explore, or consider), check up on
    Synonyms: nachschauen, nachblicken
  2. to look up (obtain information about something from a text source)
    Synonym: nachschlagen
  3. to look at (something) as it moves away
    Synonym: nachblicken
    Sehnsüchtig sah er dem Zug nach, bis er am Horizont verschwand.
    He watched the train longingly until it disappeared into the horizon.
  4. to forgive, excuse, be understanding about
    Synonyms: verzeihen, entschuldigen

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “nachsehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “nachsehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “nachsehen” in Duden online
  • “nachsehen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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