Wir sehen uns morgen wieder.

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Breakdown of Wir sehen uns morgen wieder.

• morgen: tomorrow
• uns: us
• wiedersehen: to see someone again

Questions & Answers about Wir sehen uns morgen wieder.

What does uns mean here, and what case is it?

uns is the accusative form of we/us.

In this sentence, sehen takes a direct object, so German uses the accusative:

• wir = subject
• uns = object

But the meaning is not just we see us in a literal sense. With a plural subject like wir, uns often gives a reciprocal meaning: each other.

So:

• Wir sehen uns = We see each other

Is sehen a reflexive verb here?

Not in the usual dictionary sense.

The basic verb is just sehen = to see. It is not one of those verbs that is always reflexive.

In Wir sehen uns, the pronoun uns is added, and the meaning becomes reciprocal: we see each other. So it behaves a bit like a reflexive structure, but in this sentence the important idea is really reciprocal, not truly reflexive.

Compare:

• Ich sehe den Hund. = I see the dog.
• Wir sehen uns. = We see each other.

Why does German use the present tense here instead of a future tense?