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GERMAN VERB

untersuchen

to examine

  • #263 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: untersucht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I examine
  2. du you examine
  3. er, sie, es he/she examines
  4. wir we examine
  5. ihr you all examine
  6. sie, Sie they examine

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I examined
  2. du you examined
  3. er, sie, es he/she examined
  4. wir we examined
  5. ihr you all examined
  6. sie, Sie they examined

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have examined
  2. du you have examined
  3. er, sie, es he/she has examined
  4. wir we have examined
  5. ihr you all have examined
  6. sie, Sie they have examined

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will examine
  2. du you will examine
  3. er, sie, es he/she will examine
  4. wir we will examine
  5. ihr you all will examine
  6. sie, Sie they will examine

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would examine
  2. du you would examine
  3. er, sie, es he/she would examine
  4. wir we would examine
  5. ihr you all would examine
  6. sie, Sie they would examine

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du examine!
  2. ihr examine! (all of you)
  3. Sie examine! (formal)

How to use untersuchen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Die Ärztin untersucht zuerst dein Ohr.

    The doctor will examine your ear first.

  2. Simple past

    Die Polizei untersuchte den Unfall wochenlang.

    The police investigated the accident for weeks.

  3. Perfect

    Hat der Arzt dich schon untersucht?

    Has the doctor examined you yet?

  4. Future

    Wir werden das Problem genau untersuchen.

    We'll look into the problem closely.

  5. Conditional

    Ein guter Arzt würde das genauer untersuchen.

    A good doctor would examine that more closely.

  6. Imperative

    Untersuchen Sie bitte auch mein linkes Knie.

    Please examine my left knee as well.

Good to know

  • Untersuchen stays in one word and takes no ge-: Der Arzt hat mich untersucht.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.