Polyglot Dictionary

untersuchen

/ʊntɐˈzuːxn̩/

verb B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Financial Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
untersucht
past
untersuchte
perfect
hat untersucht

Meaning

  1. to examine, to investigate

    Built from suchen (to search) + unter-.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

prüfen

Close synonyms for "to examine"; prüfen leans toward testing/checking something against a standard, untersuchen toward investigating it in depth.

Practice

1 What does untersuchen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Arzt ___ den Patienten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches untersuchen?

verbcompound

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