äugen

Significat (Anglès)

1. (intransitive, weak) to look in a searching or cautious way (typically said of animals or of shy, anxious or curious persons)
2. (obsolete, transitive, weak) to show, allow to see

Sinònims

erblicken

sehen

👀

wahrnehmen

zu Gesicht bekommen

Dialectes

Basilea-Camp

gnaisse

Basilea-Camp

linse

Basilea-Camp

litze

Dades proporcionades per: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɔʏ̯ɡən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de alt alemany mitjà: öugen

Heretat de alt alemany antic: ougen

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: ôgen

In summary

Formally from Middle High German öugen, ougen, from Old High German ougen, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan, all meaning “to show, let see”. By surface analysis, Auge (“eye”) + -en. The modern sense “to look” seems to be of northern origin, being first attested in Middle Low German ö̂gen, Middle Dutch ôgen (both 15th century). It only became common in standard German in the 19th century. There may also have been influence by äugeln (“to ogle, look flirtingly”), which had this sense already in Middle High German.