gesucht haben

have looked for; have searched for

→ suchen

phrase Uncommon #11,909

have looked for; have searched for The perfect form of suchen (“to look for/search”), consisting of the past participle gesucht and the auxiliary haben. In normal main clauses, the parts are separated, as in „Ich habe gefunden, wonach ich gesucht habe“ (“I found what I had been looking for”).

GE: Ich habe gefunden, wonach ich gesucht habe.

EN: I found what I had been looking for.

Das ist genau das, was Tom und ich gesucht haben.

This is exactly what Tom and I were looking for.

Tom und Maria haben gefunden, wonach sie gesucht haben.

Tom and Maria found what they were looking for.

Wer es auch war, er muss etwas gesucht haben.

Whoever it was, they must have been looking for something.

— Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens (2002)

Ich wußte, daß Sie finden würdest, wonach Sie gesucht haben.

I knew that you would find what you were looking for.

Ist das die Brille, die Sie gesucht haben?

Are these the glasses you were looking for?

Auch, was wir in dem verdammten Haus da gesucht haben.

Also, what we were looking for in that damn house.

— M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)

Ich glaube, wir haben gefunden, was wir gesucht haben.

I think we’ve found what we were looking for.