wegschauen

German

Etymology

weg +‎ schauen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛkʃaʊ̯ən]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

wegschauen (weak, third-person singular present schaut weg, past tense schaute weg, past participle weggeschaut, auxiliary haben) (intransitive)

  1. (literally) to look away (to not look at something by turning one's head or averting one's gaze)
  2. (figuratively) to look the other way, to turn a blind eye (to try and be, or pretend to be, ignorant of a matter)
    • 2021, “Leiserdrehen [(Turn the) Volume Down]”, in Liebe Macht Monster [Love Makes Monsters (alternatively Love, Power, Monsters)], performed by Eisbrecher:
      Bitte, bitte, bitte / Mach die Nachrichten ein bisschen leiser / Ich will einfach nur hier liegen und genießen / Dass ich morgen frei hab / Ich will wegschau'n / Doch das ist so laut / Ich will nicht versteh'n / Also, bitte, voll leiser dreh'n
      Please, please, please / Make the notifcations a little quieter / I want to just lie here and enjoy it / That I'm free tomorrow / I want to turn a blind eye / But that's so loud / I don't want to understand / So please turn the volume all the way down

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