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 of koukat

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

• dokoukat
• 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