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How to Say ‘Look me in the eyes.’ in German

Schau mir in die Augen.

show meer in dee OW-gen

[show meer in dee OW-gen]

💬 Usage Tip: German says 'look to me into the eyes': mir marks the person, and the eyes get die, not 'my'. Same pattern: Er hat mir die Hand gegeben "He shook my hand".

Phrase Breakdown

Schau mir

show meer

Look (at) me

'Schau' is the informal command of 'schauen' (to look), which is common in southern Germany and Austria. 'Mir' is dative and shows whose eyes you look into. 'Schau' rhymes with 'how'.

Example

Schau mir zu!

Watch me!

Words in this phrase

Schau

[show]

look, check

Colloquial form of 'schaue', from 'schauen'; with 'nach' means check.

Example

Ich schau kurz im Kalender.

I'll look in the calendar quickly.

mir

[meer]

Dative form of 'ich', used after 'bei'.

Example

Komm zu mir.

Come to me.

in die Augen.

in dee OW-gen

in the eyes.

German uses 'die Augen' (the eyes) where English would say 'my eyes', because 'mir' already shows the owner.

Example

Er sieht ihr in die Augen.

He looks her in the eyes.

Words in this phrase

[in]

into / to

With accusative, 'in' shows movement into a region or place.

Example

Wir fahren in die Berge.

We are going to the mountains.

die

[dee]

the

Definite article used to specify something already known.

Example

Die Katze ist süß.

The cat is cute.

Augen

[OW-gen]

eyes

Plural of 'das Auge' (eye).

Example

Sie hat grüne Augen.

She has green eyes.

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