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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "suchen" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "suchen" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Ich möchte mir einen Anwalt suchen just means i want to find a lawyer for myself right? Nothing more complicated than that?
Yes. Technically, context providing, it could mean that you want to MARRY/DATE a lawyer and are looking for one that way. But yeah… nothing complicated.
Would you use “suchen” to talk about getting searched when going into a nightclub?
Man wird von den Türstehern gesucht
Ahhh, nope!
“absuchen” would be a very thorough version or “abklopfen” (pat down)
cool thanks
Actually, I just realized that “abtasten” and “durchsuchen” are also options. I think at the airport “abtasten” would actually be the most common choice of words.
cool thanks!