Ausblicken
Ausblicken is a German verb that denotes the act of looking outward or forward. It is formed from the prefix aus- combined with blicken (to glance or look). The related noun Ausblick means an outlook, view, or forecast, and the two terms share the same semantic field of orientation in space or time.
- Literal sense: ausblicken refers to looking outward in a physical sense. In everyday language, the more
- Figurative sense: in a forward-looking or predictive sense, German tends to use phrases such as in
- Ausblicken is typically treated as a verb formed with a separable prefix, and in actual usage
- Ausblick (noun): the commonly used form for “outlook” or “view.”
- Blicken, schauen: core verbs related to looking.
- Hinausblicken: a closely related phrase meaning “to look outward/to look ahead.”
- Zukunft
Ausblicken appears primarily in written or formal contexts and is less frequent in everyday speech, where