Forscher
German, noun
Forscher is spelled F-O-R-S-C-H-E-R (8 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,521st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forscher is a German masculine noun meaning “agent noun of forschen: researcher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, forscher is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative masculine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die Erscheinungen der Welt und ihre möglichen Zusammenhänge wissenschaftlich untersucht und somit…”.
What does Forscher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of forschen: researcher
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die Erscheinungen der Welt und ihre möglichen Zusammenhänge wissenschaftlich untersucht und somit möglichst valide Erkenntnisse über die Welt gewinnen möchte
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 Forscher
- Forschers genitive
- Forscherin feminine
- Forschern dative definite plural
- Forschender variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Forscher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Forscher in German?
Forscher appears 23 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).