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How to Say ‘I will look at your wound.’ in German

Ich schaue mir Ihre Wunde an.

ikh SHOW-uh meer EE-re VOON-deh ahn

[ikh SHOW-uh meer EE-re VOON-deh ahn]

💬 Usage Tip: anschauen "to look at" splits, and an moves to the very end. The small word mir means "for myself" and is natural here, though it can be left out.

Phrase Breakdown

Ich schaue mir

ikh SHOW-uh meer

I'll take a look

'sich etwas anschauen' means to look at something. 'schaue' sounds like 'SHOW-uh'.

Example

Ich schaue mir das an.

I'll take a look at that.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

schaue

[SHOW-uh]

look; check

From schauen, meaning to look or check something.

Example

Ich schaue noch einmal auf das Display.

I am checking the display one more time.

mir

[meer]

Referring to oneself as the object of a verb.

Example

Kannst du mir helfen?

Can you help me?

Ihre Wunde an.

EE-re VOON-deh ahn

at your wound.

'Wunde' (wound) sounds like 'VOON-de'. 'an' is the separable prefix and comes at the end.

Example

Die Wunde heilt gut.

The wound is healing well.

Words in this phrase

Ihre

[EE-re]

your (formal)

Belonging to or associated with the person or people being spoken to formally.

Example

Ihre Meinung zählt.

Your opinion matters.

Wunde

[VOON-deh]

wound

An injury or surgical incision in the skin.

Example

Die Wunde heilt gut.

The wound is healing well.

[ahn]

(separable prefix of 'anschauen')

Part of 'sich anschauen', to take a look at.

Example

Ich schaue mir das Bild an.

I look at the picture.

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