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)
- to research
Conjugation
    
| infinitive | forschen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | forschend | ||||
| past participle | geforscht | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich forsche | wir forschen | i | ich forsche | wir forschen | 
| du forschst du forscht1 | ihr forscht | du forschest | ihr forschet | ||
| er forscht | sie forschen | er forsche | sie forschen | ||
| preterite | ich forschte | wir forschten | ii | ich forschte2 | wir forschten2 | 
| du forschtest | ihr forschtet | du forschtest2 | ihr forschtet2 | ||
| er forschte | sie forschten | er forschte2 | sie forschten2 | ||
| imperative | forsch (du) forsche (du) | forscht (ihr) | |||
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
    
forschen
- inflection of forsch:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
 
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