suchen
Meaning in English: look for, search
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Wir suchen schon seit zehn Minuten einen Parkplatz.
We've been looking for a parking space for ten minutes.
Forms of suchen in the top 5,000
German verbs change their ending with the person and tense, and each form is counted on its own. These forms of suchen are also in the top 5,000:
Er sucht schon seit Stunden seinen Schlüssel.
He has been looking for his key for hours.
Ich habe überall nach meiner Brille gesucht.
I've looked everywhere for my glasses.
How common is suchen?
suchen is number 639 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 140 times per million words — about once every 7,200 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 60% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Related words in the list
Words built on suchen:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 635erreichtreached, achieved
- 636entsprechendcorresponding(ly), accordingly
- 637gewordenbecome (past participle)
- 638die Grundlagebasis, foundation
- 639suchenlook for, search
- 640Jugendlichenyoung people, teenagers
- 641meistmostly, usually
- 642spieltplays
- 643das Verfahrenprocedure, process; proceedings
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#639
- The 5,000 most common German words#639
- The most common German verbs#133
- German A1 vocabulary#295
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.