Also means
eyesight; visual acuity
Usage Note
Sehvermögen is the general ability to see. Eingeschränktes Sehvermögen (impaired vision) and Sehvermögenstest (vision test) are frequently used in eye-care and driving-licence contexts.
Examples
"Ihr Sehvermögen hat sich in den letzten Jahren deutlich verschlechtert."
Natural Translation
Her vision has noticeably worsened in recent years.
Literal Translation
Her vision has noticeably worsened in the last years.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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