Does this mean “watching” as if, a person is just out and about doing their thing and a person is stalking in the shadows, observing them? I have usually heard “überwacht” used in a more professional setting, and I more often see it translated “monitor”, “supervise”, or “oversee”. I wonder if there is perhaps a better translation for this than “I know he is watching me.”, or if this is a perfectly natural translation. I’m not a native speaker so I don’t have a great grasp of this word’s connotation and range of uses.
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In this case, surveilling feels like the most appropriate translation to me, in order to understand the meaning. It certainly sounds like the description of a stalker or a very unpleasant acquaintance/colleague, so ‘supervise, oversee, monitor’ just don’t work here.
I know he is watching me can have the same meaning but it’s not inherently creepy, or is it?
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In this case it could be stalking, but i’m not sure about this, because i might be wrong about the usage of stalking in english.
But in general i would expect this sentence in a thriller or some kind of criminal story, not in real life.
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I think “I know he is watching me.” sounds fairly creepy in English too. Like when I hear that my first interpretation is a creepy one, like a stalker.
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