äugen

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Synonyme

erblicken

sehen

👀

wahrnehmen

zu Gesicht bekommen

Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

gnaisse

Basel-Landschaft

linse

Basel-Landschaft

litze

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɔʏ̯ɡən/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelhochdeutsch: öugen

Geerbt von Althochdeutsch: ougen

Verwandt mit Mittelniederländisch: 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.