visiert

Visiert is the past participle and, in common usage, the adjective form of the German verb visieren, which means to align sights or to aim at a target. The related noun Visier denotes the sighting device used on firearms, bows, and optical instruments. When a shooter visiert, the front sight and rear sight (or a scope reticle) are aligned with the target so that the point of aim corresponds to the point of impact. The term encompasses traditional iron sights as well as modern optical sights such as telescopes, red-dot, or holographic systems, and often implies adjustments for windage and elevation to improve accuracy.

In practice, visieren involves selecting and aligning the aiming system with the intended target and may require fine-tuning of the sighting apparatus. The phrase appears in shooting sports, hunting, and military contexts, where precise aiming is essential. The passive usage, as in Das Gewehr ist visiert, describes a weapon or optic that has been sighted-in and is ready for aiming.

Beyond firearms, visieren can also apply to other aiming devices, including bows with sight pins and reticles. Metaphorically, visieren can be used to describe focusing attention or targeting a goal in non-technical language. Overall, the concept of visieren centers on aligning an aiming device with a target to ensure accurate shots or alignments.