zeigen

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German zeigōn, intensive of zīhan, whence modern zeihen (“to blame”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-, whence also Zeichen, English teach. In Modern German, zeigen absorbed the synonymous but entirely unrelated Middle High German zöugen (cognate with Gothic ataugjan); therefore the spellings zäugen, zeugen also occurred.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡saɪ̯ɡən/, [ˈt͡saɪ̯ɡŋ̍]
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Verb

zeigen (weak, third-person singular present zeigt, past tense zeigte, past participle gezeigt, auxiliary haben)

to show, make see
Synonym: weisen (now restricted in use, in many contexts archaic)
1. (with auf) to point at
  Man zeigt nicht mit dem Finger auf die Leute!
  You don’t point your finger at people!
2. (transitive) to exhibit, allow to see
  Zeig mir mal deine Briefmarkensammlung!
  Please show me your stamp collection!
3. (transitive) to display, manifest
  Die Bäume zeigen schon die ersten grünen Blätter.
  The trees are already displaying the first green leaves.
4. to demonstrate, explain by doing
  Synonyms: vormachen, vorführen, demonstrieren
  
  Kannst du mir mal zeigen, wie das geht?
  Could you show me how this is done?
5. to go to show, demonstrate, prove
  Synonyms: belegen, beweisen, demonstrieren
  
  Das zeigt wieder mal, dass du keine Ahnung hast.
  This only shows again that you don't have a clue.
(reflexive) to appear, become apparent, come out, turn out, show up, to be manifested

Conjugation

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