🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Suchtrupp

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Zuch-trup

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Search party/ˈsɜːrtʃ ˌpɑːr.ti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Ein Suchtrupp durchsuchte das gesamte Gebiet nach dem Vermissten."

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As noun
  1. 1

    An organized group of people who search for a missing person, animal, or object.

    "A search party of volunteers combed the dense forest for the missing hiker."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the verb 'search' (originating from Old French 'cerchier', from Latin 'circare', meaning 'to go about, wander') and 'party' (from Old French 'partie', from Latin 'partire', meaning 'a company of persons'). Together, the compound emerged in modern English to designate an organized group of people cooperating to find a missing person or lost object.

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