Suchresultat

Suchresultat is a German term used in information retrieval to denote the outcome produced by a search operation. It combines Suche (search) and Ergebnis (result). The term is commonly used in documentation, user interfaces, and discussions about search engines and databases to refer to the set of items returned in response to a query. A typical Suchresultat consists of individual entries or hits, each including elements such as a title, a URL, a snippet or description, and sometimes metadata like the date or author. The results are usually ranked according to relevance, confidence, date, or popularity, and may be filtered or grouped by facets.

In practice, Suchresultat is used both in general German and in technical contexts. In user interfaces, menus and pages that present search results often label the section as Suchergebnisse or Suchresultate. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with Treffer and Suchergebnis, though Treffer more commonly refers to an individual hit rather than the entire set.

Variations and related terms include Suchergebnisse, Suchanfragen, and in API contexts a field such as suchresultat may contain structured data about the result items. The concept also applies to non-web search domains, such as library catalogs, enterprise databases, and document repositories, where a query yields a set of results.