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Swedish
Etymology
Literally, “look out”. Perhaps a calque of Middle Low German ûtsēn. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sjå ut, Norwegian Bokmål se ut, Danish se ud, Dutch uitzien, Yiddish אויסזען (oyszen) and German aussehen. Same semantic construction as Russian выглядеть (vygljadetʹ), Polish wyglądać, Hungarian kinéz and modern Icelandic líta út.
Verb
se ut (present ser ut, preterite såg ut, supine sett ut, imperative se ut)
- (intransitive) to look (a certain way)
Du ser ledsen ut. Går det bra?- You look sad. Are you alright?
Du ser ut som Michael Jackson- You look like Michael Jackson
Han ser ut att inte gilla det- He looks like he doesn't like it
Det ser ut att regna imorgon- It looks like (it will) rain tomorrow
Så här ser ut!- What a mess! / Would you look at this mess!
- to appear, to seem
Det ser ut att fungera- It seems to be working ("It looks to work")
- (transitive) to pick, to choose for future acquiring; to decide upon an item to buy later
Vi har sett ut ett hus som vi vill köpa, om vi har råd.- We have decided on a house that we'd like to buy, if we can afford it.
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Conjugation of
se (class 5 strong)
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