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gesucht

Gesucht is the past participle of the German verb suchen and is used in several grammatical functions in German. As part of the perfect tense, it appears with the auxiliary haben: Ich habe den Schlüssel gesucht. It can also occur in passive constructions with werden: Es wird nach dem Schlüssel gesucht. In both cases, suchen expresses the act of looking for or seeking something.

As an adjective or in nominalized form, ges refugi? No. It can function attributively before a noun:

Common usage includes the phrase Gesucht wird …, typical in public notices or journalistic summaries, for example:

Etymology and morphology: gesu / ges- prefix and -t suffix mark the participial form common to German

In summary, ges

ukt serves as a versatile form in German grammar: it marks completed search actions in perfect tense,

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die
gesuchte
Lösung,
den
gesuchten
Mann.
When
used
as
a
noun,
the
participle
is
capitalized:
das
Gesuchte
(the
thing
that
is
being
sought)
and
die
Gesuchten
(the
people
who
are
sought).
The
phrases
Der
Gesuchte
and
Die
Gesuchten
refer
to
the
person
or
people
being
sought,
often
in
police
or
media
contexts.
Gesucht
wird
der
Täter.
This
expresses
that
a
person
is
being
sought
and
is
not
limited
to
criminal
contexts;
it
can
also
indicate
something
sought
or
desired,
as
in
das
Gesuchte
Modell.
past
participles
of
weak
verbs.
The
base
verb
is
suchen,
meaning
to
search
or
seek.
forms
passive
constructions,
and
functions
as
an
adjective
or
noun
to
denote
the
thing
or
person
that
is
being
sought
or
desired.