Recherche
German, noun/reˈʃɛrʃə/
Recherche is spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-E (9 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 7,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recherche is a German feminine noun meaning “research, investigation (many contexts, but especially journalism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ermittlung, Untersuchung”.
What does Recherche mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresearch, investigation (many contexts, but especially journalism)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ermittlung, Untersuchung
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 Recherche
- Recherchen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Recherche?
- /reˈʃɛrʃə/
- [ʁeˈʃɛʁ.ʃə]
- [ʁə-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Recherche in German?
Recherche appears 10 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).