koukat

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German gucken, kucken.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkou̯kat]
  • Rhymes: -oukat

Verb

koukat impf (perfective kouknout)

  1. (informal) to look, watch
    Koukej na ten krásný dům! ― Look at that beautiful house!
  2. (informal) to get, to make happen, to mind doing
    Koukej zmizet! ― Get lost!
  3. (informal) to peek, peek out
    Kouká ti cedulka od trička! ― The label is peeking out of your shirt!

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive koukat, koukati Active adjective koukající
Verbal noun koukání Passive adjective —
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person koukámkoukáme—koukejme
2nd person koukáškoukátekoukejkoukejte
3rd person koukákoukají——
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive koukat.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate koukalkoukali——
masculine inanimate koukaly—
feminine koukala—
neuter koukalokoukala——
Transgressives present past
masculine singular koukaje—
feminine + neuter singular koukajíc—
plural koukajíce—

Further reading
  • koukati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • koukat in Internetová jazyková příručka
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