untersuchen
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See also: Untersuchen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in the 15th century as undersuochen. This form suggests it already existed in Middle High German. The existence of an unattested Old High German form *untarsuohhen is probable, compare Old Saxon undarsōkian (whence Low German ünnersöken), Old Dutch undersuoken (whence Dutch onderzoeken), and Old English undersecan (whence English underseek), all from Proto-West Germanic *undersōkijan (literally “to search under or between”). Equivalent to unter- suchen.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʊntərˈzuːxən/, [ʔʊn.tɐˈzuː.xn̩] (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ʊntɛrˈsuːxɛn/, [ʔʊn.tɐˈsuː.xn̩] (Austria)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: un‧ter‧su‧chen
Verb
[edit]untersuchen (weak, third-person singular present untersucht, past tense untersuchte, past participle untersucht, auxiliary haben)
- to examine, investigate (inspect or study carefully in order to reach a conclusion)
- 2021 March 10, Jack McGovan, “Autoreifen aus Löwenzahn - eine ökologische Alternative?”, in Deutsche Welle[1] (article), retrieved 1 July 2022:
- Sie forschten in den Weiten der Sowjetunion und untersuchten rund eintausend verschiedene Pflanzenarten, um einen Ersatz für den Saft des südamerikanischen Kautschukbaums Hevea brasiliensis zu finden.
- 2021 March 10, Jack McGovan, Could rubber from dandelions make tires more sustainable?, in Deutsche Welle [2] (article), retrieved 1 July 2022:
They scoured the vast and various territories of the Soviet Union and examined over 1,000 different species looking for an alternative to the South American rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensi.
- 2021 March 10, Jack McGovan, Could rubber from dandelions make tires more sustainable?, in Deutsche Welle [2] (article), retrieved 1 July 2022:
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | untersuchen | ||||
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present participle | untersuchend | ||||
past participle | untersucht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich untersuche | wir untersuchen | i | ich untersuche | wir untersuchen |
du untersuchst | ihr untersucht | du untersuchest | ihr untersuchet | ||
er untersucht | sie untersuchen | er untersuche | sie untersuchen | ||
preterite | ich untersuchte | wir untersuchten | ii | ich untersuchte1 | wir untersuchten1 |
du untersuchtest | ihr untersuchtet | du untersuchtest1 | ihr untersuchtet1 | ||
er untersuchte | sie untersuchten | er untersuchte1 | sie untersuchten1 | ||
imperative | untersuch (du) untersuche (du) |
untersucht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Danish: undersøge
Further reading
[edit]- “untersuchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “untersuchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “untersuchen” in Duden online
- “untersuchen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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