forschen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁʃən/
Audio: (file) Audio (Berlin): (file) - 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)
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Conjugation
Conjugation of forschen (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | forschen | ||||
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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.
Composed forms of forschen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Descendants
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