suchen
German, verb
suchen is spelled S-U-C-H-E-N (6 letters) and appears 151 times per million words in written German, the 573rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suchen is a German verb meaning “to search, to look for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Suchen is a different word: “gerund of suchen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich bemühen, etwas oder jemanden zu finden, das oder der verloren oder versteckt ist”.
What does suchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to search, to look for
Ich suche meinen Schlüssel. / Ich suche nach meinem Schlüssel.
- 2
to seek, to strive, to intend, to try
noun
- 1
neutergerund of suchen
noun
- 1
plural of Suche
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich bemühen, etwas oder jemanden zu finden, das oder der verloren oder versteckt ist 2. sich bemühen, etwas oder jemanden zu erlangen oder zu erwerben, das oder den man braucht 3. sich bemühen, etwas durch Überlegungen zu finden und/oder zu entdecken 4. sich bemühen, etwas zu erreichen und/oder zu verwirklichen, was man anstrebt/wünscht
noun: 1. Durchführen einer Suche
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 suchen
- sucht present singular third-person
- suchte past
- gesucht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- suchend participle present
- suche first-person indicative present
- suchst indicative present second-person
- suchest second-person singular subjunctive
- suchet plural second-person subjunctive
- suchten first-person indicative plural
- suchtest indicative preterite second-person
- suchtet indicative plural preterite
- such imperative second-person singular
- habe gesucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gesucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- suche! imperative singular
- such! imperative singular
- sucht! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to suchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suchen in German?
suchen appears 151 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).