Definition of verb gaffen

Definition of the verb gaffen (gape, gawk): neugierig starren; Augen machen; anstarren; spannen; glotzen; bestaunen with meanings, synonyms, prepositions, Objects with case, grammar information, translations and conjugation tables.

C2 · verb · haben · regular · intransitive
gaffen

gafft · gaffte · hat gegafft

English gape, gawk, gawp, gaze, look on, make eyes at, ogle, rubber, rubberneck, stare, stare curiously

/ˈɡafən/ · /ɡaft/ · /ˈɡaftə/ · /ɡəˈɡaft/

neugierig starren; Augen machen, anstarren, spannen, glotzen, bestaunen

» Tom gaffte auf die Unfallstelle. English Tom stared at the accident site.

Meanings

a.neugierig starren, Augen machen, anstarren, spannen, glotzen, bestaunen
z.No meaning defined yet.

Conjugation Meanings

Usages

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Synonyms

a.≡ angaffen ≡ anglotzen ≡ anstarren ≡ bestaunen ≡ glotzen ≡ spannen ≡ starren ≡ stieren

Synonyms

Example sentences

  • Tom gaffte auf die Unfallstelle. 
    English Tom stared at the accident site.
  • Touristen standen um den Geysir herum und gafften . 
    English Tourists were standing round the geyser, gawping.
  • Du gaffst wie die Kuh vorm neuen Tor. 
    English You stare like a cow in front of the new gate.

Example sentences

Translations

English gape, gawk, gawp, gaze, look on, make eyes at, ogle, rubber, ...
Russian глазеть, глядеть, пялиться, смотреть с любопытством
Spanish mirar boquiabierto, mirar con curiosidad, observar
French badauder, dévisager, regarder fixement, reluquer
Turkish ağzı açık bakmak, dikkatle bakmak, merakla bakmak
Portuguese espiar, observar, olhar curiosamente, olhar embasbacado
Italian fissare, guardare con curiosità
Romanian zăbovi
Hungarian bámulni, bámészkodik, kíváncsian nézni
Polish gapienie się, gapić się, wpatrywanie się
Greek κοιτάζω περίεργα, χαζεύω
Dutch gapen, gluren, staren
Czech čumět, civět, zírat
Swedish gapa, glo, kika, stirra
Danish gabe, glo, måbe, stirre
Japanese じっと見る, 好奇心で見る
Catalan mirar amb curiositat
Finnish tuijottaa, katsella uteliaasti, töllöttää
Norwegian glo, kope, stirre
Basque begiratu, irudikatu
Serbian buljiti, zamišljeno gledati
Macedonian загледување
Slovenian zvedavo strmeti
Slowakisch zazeranie, zvedavé pozeranie
Bosnian buljiti, zavirivati
Croatian buljiti, zavirivati
Ukrainian з цікавістю дивитися, пильно дивитися
Bulgarian зяпам, поглеждам
Belorussian зірка
Indonesian melongo, menatap
Vietnamese nhìn chằm chằm, trố mắt nhìn
Uzbek termulmoq, tikilib qaramoq
Hindi टकटकी लगाना, मुँह बाए ताकना
Chinese 呆看, 盯着看
Thai จ้องมอง, อ้าปากค้างมอง
Korean 멍하니 바라보다, 빤히 쳐다보다
Azerbaijani donub baxmaq, gözünü zilləmək
Georgian მიშტერება
Bengali তাকিয়ে থাকা, হা করে তাকানো
Albanian ngul sytë
Marathi एकटक पाहणे, टक लावून पाहणे
Nepali आँखा गाडेर हेर्नु, टक्क हेर्नु
Telugu తేరిపార చూడటం
Latvian blenzt
Tamil உற்றுநோக்கு, வாய்திறந்து நோக்கு
Estonian jõllitama, vahtima
Armenian անթարթ նայել, սևեռվել
Kurdish temaşe kirin
Hebrewלהביט בסקרנות
Arabicنظر بفضول، يحدق بفضول
Persianخیره شدن
Urduتجسس سے گھورنا
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Translations

Conjugation

gafft · gaffte · hat gegafft

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