German verb · CEFR A2

ansehen

Meaning in English: to look at, to watch

Rank 3,792 of 5,000verbLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Wollen wir uns heute einen Film ansehen?

Shall we watch a film today?

Forms of ansehen in the top 5,000

German verbs change their ending with the person and tense, and each form is counted on its own. These forms of ansehen are also in the top 5,000:

angesehen#4,453
looked at, watched; respectedB1

Hast du dir die Wohnung schon angesehen?
Have you looked at the flat yet?

How common is ansehen?

ansehen is number 3,792 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 45,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,788Kommentarecomments
  2. 3,789beeinflusstinfluenced, affects
  3. 3,790das Erlebnisexperience
  4. 3,791breitesbroad, wide (neuter)
  5. 3,792ansehento look at, to watch
  6. 3,793die Fähigkeitability, skill
  7. 3,794Eventsevents
  8. 3,795erhebento levy, to collect; to raise
  9. 3,796Verträgecontracts

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