umsehen

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German

Etymology

um- +‎ sehen

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  • Hyphenation: um‧se‧hen

Verb

umsehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sieht um, past tense sah um, past participle umgesehen, past subjunctive sähe um, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to look around
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 14:
      Langsam durchschritt ich die Reihen der weißen Marmortischchen, nach einem freien Platz mich umsehend.
      Slowly I crossed the rows of the white small marble tables, looking around for a free space.
  2. (reflexive) to look back, to look round
    • 1918, Meinrad Lienert, “Die Königstöchter und der Hirsch”, in Zürcher Sagen:
      Dann wandte er sich, sah sich um und ging wieder langsam davon.
      Then he turned around, looked back and slowly walked away again.

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Further reading

  • umsehen” in Duden online
  • umsehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache