schauen

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Compare English.

Verb

 * 1)  to look (at something, at a certain location, in a certain direction)
 * 2)  to watch, to view

Usage notes

 * In writing, schauen is normal throughout the language area.
 * In colloquial speech, the word is commonly used in southern Germany and Austria. In northern and central Germany it is fairly rare and, to some, may sound affected, whereas the opposite is true in southern Germany and Austria.