sehen

En français : voir, regarder, s'apercevoir

1. to see; to have sight (intransitive) · Er sieht nicht gut. He doesn’t see well.
2. to see (something); to perceive by vision (transitive)
3. to see (transitive) · Ich sah ihn arbeiten. I saw him work.· Ich hatte ihn arbeiten sehen. I had seen him working.
4. to realize; to notice; to see; to find out (intransitive, transitive)
5. to meet (someone); to meet up; to see; but not in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation (transitive) · Siehst du den Markus noch? Do you still see Markus? (Do you meet him regularly? Are you still friends with him?)
6. to look (at); to watch [with auf (+ accusative) or nach (+ dative) ‘someone/something’]; the construction with nach often implies a turning of the head; other prepositions can be used depending on the context (intransitive) · auf/nach etwas sehen to look at something
7. to check on; to look after; to see to (intransitive) · Hast du in letzter Zeit nach dem Baby gesehen? Have you seen to the baby recently?
8. to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see (informal, intransitive) · Das werden wir dann sehen. We’ll see then. / We’ll play it by ear.· Soll ich Nudeln oder Pizza nehmen? — Das musst du selber sehen. Should I take pasta or pizza? — You’ll have to decide for yourself.