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wegsehen

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German

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Etymology

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weg- +‎ sehen

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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 turn a blind eye (to purposely ignore something wrong) [with bei (+ dative)]
    Synonym: wegschauen
    bei Gewalt wegsehento look the other way at violence
  3. (intransitive) to see, look over, beyond [with über (+ accusative) ‘something’]
    Synonym: hinwegsehen
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to let slide, to look past [with über (+ accusative) ‘something’]
    Synonym: hinwegsehen
    über kleine Makel wegsehento look past minor flaws

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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