gucken

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (colloquial, weak) to look, to direct one's gaze at something
  2. (colloquial, weak) to watch, to direct one's gaze at something for some time
  3. (colloquial, copulative, weak) to look, to have a certain facial expression

Concepts

jeter un coup d’œil

jeter un coup d’oeil furtif

prendre un air

Fréquence

B2
Dialectes

canton d’Argovie

canton d’Argovie

göggele

canton d’Argovie

canton d’Argovie

guusse

canton de Bâle-Campagne

canton de Bâle-Campagne

giggele

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈkʊkən/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle High German gücken, guggen (“to look inquisitively, peek, peer”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a specialised use of Middle High German gücken, gucken (“to cuckoo, call or cry like a cuckoo”), from Old High German guckōn, gukkōn (“to cuckoo”). The pronunciation (and spelling) with k- is commonly explained as an influence of German Low German kieken (from Middle Low German kîken). Note, however, that this pronunciation reaches far to the south (compare Luxembourgish kucken and Dutch kijken).

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