besuchen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German besuochen (“to seek, use, visit, investigate”), from Old High German bisuohhen (“to examine, check, try, inquire”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisōkijan. By surface analysis, be- +‎ suchen. Cognate with Dutch bezoeken (“to visit, see”), Swedish besöka (“to visit, go to see”), English beseech (“to beg, enquire”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈzuːxn̩/, /bəˈzuːxən/ === Verb === besuchen (weak, third-person singular present besucht, past tense besuchte, past participle besucht, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to visit, to see (transitive) to attend ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== aufsuchen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== versuchen === Further reading === “besuchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “besuchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “besuchen” in Duden online “besuchen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.