koukat

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German gucken, kucken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkou̯kat]
• Rhymes: -oukat

Verb

koukat impf (perfective kouknout)

1. (informal) to look, watch

   Koukej na ten krásný dům! ― Look at that beautiful house!

2. (informal) to get, to make happen, to mind doing

   Koukej zmizet! ― Get lost!

3. (informal) to peek, peek out

   Kouká ti cedulka od trička! ― The label is peeking out of your shirt!

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	koukat, koukati	Active adjective	koukající
Verbal noun	koukání	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	koukám	koukáme	—	koukejme
2nd person	koukáš	koukáte	koukej	koukejte
3rd person	kouká	koukají	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive koukat.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	koukal	koukali	—	—
masculine inanimate		koukaly		—
feminine	koukala		—
neuter	koukalo	koukala	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	koukaje	—
feminine + neuter singular	koukajíc	—
plural	koukajíce	—

Related terms

• kuk
• kukadlo
• kukátko
• kukuč
• odkoukat
• okoukat
• prokouknout
• rozkoukat
• zakoukat

Further reading

• “koukati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “koukat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025