kijken

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to look
2. (transitive) to watch (e.g. a film), to observe

Concepts

look

watch

look at

view

regard

see

consider

deem

pertain

concern

involve

glance

miss

eye

gaze

search

look for

behold

observe

peek

Hyphenated as

kij‧ken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɛi̯kə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kiken, from Old Dutch *kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan, from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną.

Sentences

Ze was te kort om over het hek heen te kijken .

She was too short to look over the fence.

Ik zal spoedig langskomen om naar de kapotte koelkast te kijken .

I'll drop by soon to check out the broken fridge.

Om deze te voorkomen , moeten we naar de oorzaken kijken en deze aanpakken .

To prevent these, we need to look at the causes and address them.

We moeten bijzonder kritisch naar de gezamenlijke munt kijken .

We need to look very critically at our common currency.

Hierbij komen tal van factoren kijken .

There are many factors.

Meer en meer Vlamingen kijken series op Netflix.

More and more Flemings watch series on Netflix.