suohhen

Old High German

Alternative forms

• suochen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”).

Verb

suohhen

1. to seek, inquire, look for

Conjugation

Conjugation of suohhen (weak class 1)

infinitive	suohhen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	suohhu	suohta
2nd person singular	suohhis, suohhist	suohtōs, suohhtōst
3rd person singular	suohhit	suohta
1st person plural	suohhem, suohhemēs	suohtum, suohtumēs
2nd person plural	suohhet	suohtut
3rd person plural	suohhent	suohtun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	suohhe	suohti
2nd person singular	suohhēs, suohhēst	suohtīs, suohtīst
3rd person singular	suohhe	suohti
1st person plural	suohhēm, suohhēn, suohhemēs	suohtīm, suohtīn, suohtīmēs
2nd person plural	suohhēt	suohtīt
3rd person plural	suohhēn	suohtīn
imperative	present
singular	suohhi
plural	suohhet
participle	present	past
	suohhenti	gisuoht

Descendants

• Middle High German: suochen, süechen
  • Alemannic German: sueche, süeche (Uri)

    Alsatian: süacha

  • Bavarian: suacha, suachn

    Cimbrian: züuchan

  • Central Franconian: seeche, sieche, suche (Moselle Franconian); söke (Ripuarian, a Low Franconian relict)

    Hunsrik: suche

    Luxembourgish: sichen

  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon German:

  • East Franconian:
  • German: suchen
  • Rhine Franconian: suche

    Frankfurterisch: [suɣ̥ə]

  • Yiddish: זוכן (zukhn)