untersuchen
German, verb
untersuchen is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-U-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Untersuchen is a German verb meaning “to examine, investigate (inspect or study carefully in order to reach a conclusion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Untersuchen is a different word: “gerund of untersuchen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas analysieren oder erforschen, sich etwas sehr genau anschauen, um es zu verstehen”.
What does untersuchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to examine, investigate (inspect or study carefully in order to reach a conclusion)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of untersuchen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas analysieren oder erforschen, sich etwas sehr genau anschauen, um es zu verstehen 2. den körperlichen und/oder psychischen Zustand eines Patienten überprüfen
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 untersuchen
- untersucht present singular third-person
- untersuchte past
- haben auxiliary
- untersuchend participle present
- untersuche first-person indicative present
- untersuchst indicative present second-person
- untersuchest second-person singular subjunctive
- untersuchet plural second-person subjunctive
- untersuchten first-person indicative plural
- untersuchtest indicative preterite second-person
- untersuchtet indicative plural preterite
- untersuch imperative second-person singular
- habe untersucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben untersucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- untersuche! imperative singular
- untersucht! imperative plural
- untersucht haben active infinitive perfect
- zu untersuchen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to untersuchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is untersuchen in German?
untersuchen appears 18 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).