probe

to investigate, to look deeper into s/th

TRANSLATION

untersuchen

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"Germany steps up PROBE of businessman with Qaeda ties. Berlin: Under U.S. pressure, German officials are intensifying their investigation into Mahmoun Darkazanli, one of the most mysterious figures tied to the Qaeda attacks on the United States,..."

(International Herald Tribune - 21.06.2002)

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Take care with the English word probe, it has a different meaning to the German "Probe"!

Here are several common meanings:

untersuchen, erforschen, ergruenden (VERB)
Sonde, Tester (NOUN)
probe the causes of sth = etwas eingehend untersuchen, den Ursachen auf den Grund gehen
smoke probe = Rauchgasfuehler
space probe = Raumsonde
probe question = Ergänzungsfrage

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