wegsehen

See also: Wegsehen

German

Etymology

weg- + sehen

Pronunciation

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Verb

wegsehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sieht weg, past tense sah weg, past participle weggesehen, past subjunctive sähe weg, auxiliary haben)

  1. (literally) to look away
    Synonym: wegschauen
  2. (figurative) to look the other way (to purposely ignore something wrong)
    Synonym: wegschauen
    bei Gewalt wegsehento look the other way at violence
  3. (transitive with über) to see, look over, beyond
    Synonym: hinwegsehen
  4. (transitive with über)(figurative) to let slide, to look past
    Synonym: hinwegsehen
    über kleine Makel wegsehento look past minor flaws

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Further reading

  • wegsehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • wegsehen” in Duden online
  • wegsehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • wegsehen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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