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besichtigen: to visit — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Dictionarybesichtigen

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besichtigen

to visit

to visit and look around a place of interest

IPA/bəˈzɪçtɪɡən/

The second syllable sicht carries the main stress.

Meaning 1neutral · 85%

to visit and look around a place of interest

Wir besichtigen morgen die Altstadt.

Möchtest du das Museum besichtigen?

Sie haben die Wohnung am Freitag besichtigt.

Besuchen is used for people and also places. Besichtigen focuses on looking carefully at a place.

ein Museum besichtigen — to visit a museum — to view an apartment

eine Wohnung besichtigen

Wir besichtigen unsere Freunde.

Wir besuchen unsere Freunde.

For people, use besuchen, not besichtigen.

Use besichtigen for places you look around: die Kirche besichtigen. Use besuchen for people: Freunde besuchen.

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Which phrase fits besichtigen?

Besichtigen is used for looking at a place as a visitor or tourist. The place is accusative.