forschen

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁʃən/
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  • Hyphenation: for‧schen

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle High German vorschen, from Old High German forscōn, from Proto-West Germanic *forskōn (“inquire, question”).

Verb

forschen (weak, third-person singular present forscht, past tense forschte, past participle geforscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to research
Conjugation

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Descendants
  • → Danish: forske
  • → Dutch: vorsen
  • → Norwegian: forske
  • → Swedish: forska

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

forschen

  1. inflection of forsch:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading
  • “forschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “forschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “forschen” in Duden online
  • “forschen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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