Definition
Systematic investigation carried out to gain new knowledge.
Translations
- English
- research
- Français
- recherche
- Türkçe
- araştırma
- Polski
- badania
- Русский
- исследование
- Українська
- дослідження
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Forschung
- B1
- Noun
- Education & Learning
- Technology & Media
research
/diː ˈfɔʁʃʊŋ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Forschungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimaryTechnology & Media
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Forschung beschäftigt sich mit neuen Behandlungsmethoden.NominativSing.Research is concerned with new treatment methods.
- Viele Universitäten fördern die Forschung in verschiedenen Fachbereichen.AkkusativSing.Many universities promote research in various fields.
- Mit der Forschung zu dieser Krankheit befasst sich ein internationales Team.DativSing.An international team is studying this disease.
- Die Ergebnisse der Forschung wurden auf einer Konferenz vorgestellt.GenitivSing.The results of the research were presented at a conference.
- Forschungen zu diesem Thema liefern wichtige Erkenntnisse.NominativPlur.Research studies on this topic provide important insights.
- Die Forschungen der letzten Jahre haben neue Behandlungsmöglichkeiten eröffnet.AkkusativPlur.Research conducted over the past few years has opened up new treatment options.
- Mehreren Forschungen wurden zusätzliche finanzielle Mittel zugesprochen.DativPlur.Additional financial resources were allocated to several research projects.
- Die Ergebnisse der Forschungen bestätigen die ursprüngliche Hypothese.GenitivPlur.The results of the studies confirm the original hypothesis.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Forschung/ˈfɔʁʃʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Forschung/diː ˈfɔʁʃʊŋ/
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Plural
Forschungen/ˈfɔʁʃʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Forschung | die Forschungen |
| Akkusativ | die Forschung | die Forschungen |
| Dativ | der Forschung | den Forschungen |
| Genitiv | der Forschung | der Forschungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationintensive Forschung betreiben
- Adjective combinationanwendungsorientierte Forschung
- CollocationForschung betreiben
- Prepositional constructionin der Forschung arbeitenin + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Forschung liefert neue Erkenntnisse.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymUntersuchung — medical examination
A Untersuchung can be a single project; Forschung usually refers to systematic work aimed at gaining new insights.
- Related termEntwicklung — development
Forschung gains new insights, while Entwicklung uses them for the practical development or improvement of products and processes.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Forscherin — female researcher
- Forscher — male researcher
- forschen
- erforschen