Meaning 1colloquial · 82%
To deliberately direct one’s eyes toward a person or an object.
Natural examples
Guck mich bitte an, wenn ich mit dir rede.
Please look at me when I talk to you.
Wir gucken uns morgen die Wohnung an.
We are looking at the apartment tomorrow.
Hast du die Fotos von unserem Ausflug angeguckt?
Have you looked at the photos from our trip?
Usage note
Angucken is informal; ansehen and anschauen are more neutral. It separates and takes the accusative: Guck mich an!
Mini-lesson: angucken
To deliberately direct one’s eyes toward a person or an object. Angucken is informal; ansehen and anschauen are more neutral. It separates and takes the accusative: Guck mich an!
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