recherchieren
German, verb/reʃɛrˈʃiːrən/
recherchieren is spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-I-E-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recherchieren is a German verb meaning “to research, to investigate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Informationen beschaffen, Nachforschungen betreiben”.
What does recherchieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to research, to investigate
Die Journalistin recherchierte den Artikel einen Monat lang.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Informationen beschaffen, Nachforschungen betreiben
noun: 1. das Durchführen von Recherchen
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 recherchieren
- recherchiert present singular third-person
- recherchierte past
- haben auxiliary
- recherchierend participle present
- recherchiere first-person indicative present
- recherchierst indicative present second-person
- recherchierest second-person singular subjunctive
- recherchieret plural second-person subjunctive
- recherchierten first-person indicative plural
- recherchiertest indicative preterite second-person
- recherchiertet indicative plural preterite
- recherchier imperative second-person singular
- habe recherchiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben recherchiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- recherchiere! imperative singular
- recherchier! imperative singular
- recherchiert! imperative plural
- recherchiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recherchieren?
- /reʃɛrˈʃiːrən/
- [ʁe.ʃɛʁˈʃiː.ʁən]
- [ʁə-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recherchieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recherchieren in German?
recherchieren appears 4.1 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).