zeigen

German

From Middle High German zeigen, 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.

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. to point
  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!
  1. (reflexive, Internet) to face reveal, to show one's face
    Wenn dieser Kanal die 100.000 Abos knackt, zeige ich mich.
    When this channel reaches 100,000 subscribers, I'll do a face reveal.
3. (transitive) to display, to 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 of zeigen (weak, auxiliary haben)

¹Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of zeigen (weak, auxiliary haben)