beforschen
German, verb/bəˈfɔʁʃən/
beforschen is a German verb meaning “to research something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Rahmen der Forschung untersuchen; einen Forschungsgegenstand untersuchen”.
What does beforschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto explore, to deliberate
- 2
to research something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. im Rahmen der Forschung untersuchen; einen Forschungsgegenstand untersuchen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of beforschen
- beforscht present singular third-person
- beforschte past
- haben auxiliary
- beforschend participle present
- beforsche first-person indicative present
- beforschst indicative present second-person
- beforschest second-person singular subjunctive
- beforschet plural second-person subjunctive
- beforschten first-person indicative plural
- beforschtest indicative preterite second-person
- beforschtet indicative plural preterite
- beforsch imperative second-person singular
- habe beforscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- beforsche! imperative singular
- beforscht! imperative plural
- beforscht haben active infinitive perfect
- beforscht werden processual-passive infinitive present
- beforscht worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beforschen?
- /bəˈfɔʁʃən/
- [bəˈfɔʁʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is beforschen in German?
beforschen appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).