German

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Etymology

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runter- +‎ schauen

Pronunciation

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Verb

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runterschauen (weak, third-person singular present schaut runter, past tense schaute runter, past participle runtergeschaut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to look down (look in a downward direction)
    Synonym: herunterschauen
    Antonym: hochschauen
    Ich habe ins Loch runtergeschaut.
    I looked down into the hole.
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) to look down [with auf (+ accusative) ‘on someone’]
    Lass nicht zu, dass sie auf dich runterschauen.
    Don't let them look down on you.

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