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"Gucken" means look or peek and "schauen" means see. Both meanings are almost same.

i.e.

Ich würde gern eine DVD gucken.

Can I use "schauen" instead "gucken"? And what's the difference?

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"Gucken" means look or peek and "schauen" means see. Both meanings are almost same.

i.e.

Ich würde gern eine DVD gucken.

Can I use "schauen" instead "gucken"? And what's the difference?

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"Gucken" means look or peek and "schauen" means see. Both meanings are almost same.

i.e.

Ich würde gern eine DVD gucken.

Can I use "schauen" instead "gucken"? And what's the difference?

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There is no difference in meaning but gucken is used colloquially in the south-west or kucken in the north. Bavarian languages do not use it.

For the regional distribution see the Atlas der Altagssprache:

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  @Konrad I think “als Aufforderung” and (on the page linked to) “jemanden auf etwas aufmerksam machen” is important here. I’m not German, and not even particularly proficient in German, but while I can’t recall hearing people using kucken/gucken as a regular verb very often, I have definitely heard both Kuck mal hier and Schau mal hier quite commonly in regular conversation.
  
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The meaning is the same, but the two verbs are used in different frequency in different regions.

I live in the south of the German spoken area, in Austria, not far away from Vienna. And here nobody who grew up here would use the word "gucken". When ever you hear someone using this word in Austria, you know this person is either a German tourist or a German immigrant.

This is not absolutely true for people younger than 25 who live in bigger towns like Vienna, Graz and Linz. Lots of them also use "gucken" when talking with their friends, but "schauen" when talking with older people.

In the north of Germany the verb "gucken" is used much more frequent. I believe (without knowing for sure), that in Köln, Hamburg and Berlin "gucken" is used even more often than "schauen" (by speaker of any age).

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As it was pointed out, the use of schauen/gucken is dialect-dependant. Yet in your specific sentence I would use "ansehen" or "anschauen" if you mean that you want to watch the movie that is on the DVD.

I'm not german, though. I might be wrong...

Stimmt's oder habe ich recht, Leute? :-)

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I know no difference in the meaning. Your example: you could do so.

The difference comes in the percentage of usage. The people I talk to seem to use "schauen" instead of "gucken" (not always, just most time).

So I assume it is somewhat area specific, because "sch" and the hard "g" fit differently well into a dialect.

There is also the idiom "schau mal einer guck" - which simply means that the speaker is (positivly) surprised what is visible and uses a pleonasm.

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  "schau mal einer guck" fehlt da nicht ein t bei guckt? Ich bin mir nicht sicher, da ich die Redewendung nicht kenne.
  
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  Ich kenne sie witzigerweise genau andersherum: "guck mal einer schau" - aber auch hier ohne "t" am Ende, da es sich um den Imperativ handelt.
  
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In some regions of Germany it is the same. But here “Schauen” is more cultivated than gucken. Gucken would rather fit for a simple cartoon or entertaining movie like a soap, but not for a sensitive film like Schindler’s list. That’s why it’s called Tagesschau, I wouldn’t say: Ich gucke die “Tagesschau” but: Ich gucke die “Wochenshow” in ZDF as it is a show.

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There is no difference in meaning but gucken is used colloquially in the south-west or kucken in the north. Bavarian languages do not use it.

For the regional distribution see the Atlas der Altagssprache:

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  @Konrad I think “als Aufforderung” and (on the page linked to) “jemanden auf etwas aufmerksam machen” is important here. I’m not German, and not even particularly proficient in German, but while I can’t recall hearing people using kucken/gucken as a regular verb very often, I have definitely heard both Kuck mal hier and Schau mal hier quite commonly in regular conversation.
  
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There is no difference in meaning but gucken is used colloquially in the south-west or kucken in the north. Bavarian languages do not use it.

For the regional distribution see the Atlas der Altagssprache:

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There is no difference in meaning but gucken is used colloquially in the south-west or kucken in the north. Bavarian languages do not use it.

For the regional distribution see the Atlas der Altagssprache:

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The meaning is the same, but the two verbs are used in different frequency in different regions.

I live in the south of the German spoken area, in Austria, not far away from Vienna. And here nobody who grew up here would use the word "gucken". When ever you hear someone using this word in Austria, you know this person is either a German tourist or a German immigrant.

This is not absolutely true for people younger than 25 who live in bigger towns like Vienna, Graz and Linz. Lots of them also use "gucken" when talking with their friends, but "schauen" when talking with older people.

In the north of Germany the verb "gucken" is used much more frequent. I believe (without knowing for sure), that in Köln, Hamburg and Berlin "gucken" is used even more often than "schauen" (by speaker of any age).

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  I believe (without knowing for sure), that in (...) Berlin "gucken" is used even more often than "schauen" Your belief is right, yet not strong enough. It is not exactly the opposite from Austria, but "schauen" is quite rarely used. If someone says "schauen", it is probably a tourist, an immigrant - or (s)he is influenced by hearing it from many immigrants.
  
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  The fact that "gucken" becomes common in Austria arises from television, Internet and - last but not least - children's books. Austria's contribution to children's books is close to zero, so whenever I read a book to my children, I use "gucken", because all these books are written in Germany. In everyday usage, I would never use "gucken", always "schauen".
  
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The meaning is the same, but the two verbs are used in different frequency in different regions.

I live in the south of the German spoken area, in Austria, not far away from Vienna. And here nobody who grew up here would use the word "gucken". When ever you hear someone using this word in Austria, you know this person is either a German tourist or a German immigrant.

This is not absolutely true for people younger than 25 who live in bigger towns like Vienna, Graz and Linz. Lots of them also use "gucken" when talking with their friends, but "schauen" when talking with older people.

In the north of Germany the verb "gucken" is used much more frequent. I believe (without knowing for sure), that in Köln, Hamburg and Berlin "gucken" is used even more often than "schauen" (by speaker of any age).

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  I believe (without knowing for sure), that in (...) Berlin "gucken" is used even more often than "schauen" Your belief is right, yet not strong enough. It is not exactly the opposite from Austria, but "schauen" is quite rarely used. If someone says "schauen", it is probably a tourist, an immigrant - or (s)he is influenced by hearing it from many immigrants.
  
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  @Takkat: Da haste in jewisser Weise recht, aba ooch ick als jebürt'jer Berlina empfinde "kieken" nur als Dialekt-Aussprache von det hochdeutsche "gucken" und nich als völlich andret Wort wie "schauen" ;-)
  
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  The fact that "gucken" becomes common in Austria arises from television, Internet and - last but not least - children's books. Austria's contribution to children's books is close to zero, so whenever I read a book to my children, I use "gucken", because all these books are written in Germany. In everyday usage, I would never use "gucken", always "schauen".
  
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The meaning is the same, but the two verbs are used in different frequency in different regions.

I live in the south of the German spoken area, in Austria, not far away from Vienna. And here nobody who grew up here would use the word "gucken". When ever you hear someone using this word in Austria, you know this person is either a German tourist or a German immigrant.

This is not absolutely true for people younger than 25 who live in bigger towns like Vienna, Graz and Linz. Lots of them also use "gucken" when talking with their friends, but "schauen" when talking with older people.

In the north of Germany the verb "gucken" is used much more frequent. I believe (without knowing for sure), that in Köln, Hamburg and Berlin "gucken" is used even more often than "schauen" (by speaker of any age).

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As it was pointed out, the use of schauen/gucken is dialect-dependant. Yet in your specific sentence I would use "ansehen" or "anschauen" if you mean that you want to watch the movie that is on the DVD.

I'm not german, though. I might be wrong...

Stimmt's oder habe ich recht, Leute? :-)

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As it was pointed out, the use of schauen/gucken is dialect-dependant. Yet in your specific sentence I would use "ansehen" or "anschauen" if you mean that you want to watch the movie that is on the DVD.

I'm not german, though. I might be wrong...

Stimmt's oder habe ich recht, Leute? :-)

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  I think "Eine DVD schauen" is fine and unambiguous. "Eine DVD anschauen/ansehen" is correct but could also mean looking at the DVD depending on the context.
  
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As it was pointed out, the use of schauen/gucken is dialect-dependant. Yet in your specific sentence I would use "ansehen" or "anschauen" if you mean that you want to watch the movie that is on the DVD.

I'm not german, though. I might be wrong...

Stimmt's oder habe ich recht, Leute? :-)

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I know no difference in the meaning. Your example: you could do so.

The difference comes in the percentage of usage. The people I talk to seem to use "schauen" instead of "gucken" (not always, just most time).

So I assume it is somewhat area specific, because "sch" and the hard "g" fit differently well into a dialect.

There is also the idiom "schau mal einer guck" - which simply means that the speaker is (positivly) surprised what is visible and uses a pleonasm.

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  "schau mal einer guck" fehlt da nicht ein t bei guckt? Ich bin mir nicht sicher, da ich die Redewendung nicht kenne.
  
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  Ich kenne sie witzigerweise genau andersherum: "guck mal einer schau" - aber auch hier ohne "t" am Ende, da es sich um den Imperativ handelt.
  
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  @Iris Nein, das t gehört da gar nicht rein. Das ist eine feste Redewendung, die nicht unbedingt grammatikalisch 100% den Regeln entsprechen muss.
  
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I know no difference in the meaning. Your example: you could do so.

The difference comes in the percentage of usage. The people I talk to seem to use "schauen" instead of "gucken" (not always, just most time).

So I assume it is somewhat area specific, because "sch" and the hard "g" fit differently well into a dialect.

There is also the idiom "schau mal einer guck" - which simply means that the speaker is (positivly) surprised what is visible and uses a pleonasm.

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  "schau mal einer guck" fehlt da nicht ein t bei guckt? Ich bin mir nicht sicher, da ich die Redewendung nicht kenne.
  
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  Ich kenne sie witzigerweise genau andersherum: "guck mal einer schau" - aber auch hier ohne "t" am Ende, da es sich um den Imperativ handelt.
  
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  @Iris Nein, das t gehört da gar nicht rein. Das ist eine feste Redewendung, die nicht unbedingt grammatikalisch 100% den Regeln entsprechen muss.
  
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I know no difference in the meaning. Your example: you could do so.

The difference comes in the percentage of usage. The people I talk to seem to use "schauen" instead of "gucken" (not always, just most time).

So I assume it is somewhat area specific, because "sch" and the hard "g" fit differently well into a dialect.

There is also the idiom "schau mal einer guck" - which simply means that the speaker is (positivly) surprised what is visible and uses a pleonasm.

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In some regions of Germany it is the same. But here “Schauen” is more cultivated than gucken. Gucken would rather fit for a simple cartoon or entertaining movie like a soap, but not for a sensitive film like Schindler’s list. That’s why it’s called Tagesschau, I wouldn’t say: Ich gucke die “Tagesschau” but: Ich gucke die “Wochenshow” in ZDF as it is a show.

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In some regions of Germany it is the same. But here “Schauen” is more cultivated than gucken. Gucken would rather fit for a simple cartoon or entertaining movie like a soap, but not for a sensitive film like Schindler’s list. That’s why it’s called Tagesschau, I wouldn’t say: Ich gucke die “Tagesschau” but: Ich gucke die “Wochenshow” in ZDF as it is a show.

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In some regions of Germany it is the same. But here “Schauen” is more cultivated than gucken. Gucken would rather fit for a simple cartoon or entertaining movie like a soap, but not for a sensitive film like Schindler’s list. That’s why it’s called Tagesschau, I wouldn’t say: Ich gucke die “Tagesschau” but: Ich gucke die “Wochenshow” in ZDF as it is a show.

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