"Er hat uns gesucht."

Translation: He has looked for us.

[ziggybabybeauty]

How come, in this instance, "nach" is not needed?

[joshwithguitar]

Could this also be "He searched us"?

If not, how would you say that?

[joshwithguitar]

Looking at this 10 months later I'm pretty sure the answer is 'no'.

"He searched us" would be "Er hat uns durchgesucht"

[mizinamo]

"He searched us" would be "Er hat uns durchgesucht"

It's Er hat uns durchsucht (not -ge-) -- durchsúchen has accent on the stem, not on the prefix, so it's not a separable verb.

Otherwise correct!

[headchop]

I think that is also correct, except that in English it should be "He searched for us".

[JasonFerns96]

In the previous one nach was used. I thought that was used to imply that we are searching 'for' the object. Why is nach not used here?

[eshan943679]

Why nach is not used here? Er hat nach uns gesucht?

[Mystery_o.O]

Wait, what is "sought"? Is it irregular past of "seek"? I'm learning both German and English...

[Pablovinen]

It is

[SanctionedParts]

why is "he sought us" wrong?

[OsoGegenHest]

That is definitely correct.

[Pedro_Santiago_]

Is the 'uns' used here in accusative or dative?

[mizinamo]

Is the 'uns' used here in accusative or dative?

It's accusative here.

Er hat mich gesucht und er hat uns gesucht.

(But if you use nach, that would require dative: Er hat nach mir gesucht und er hat nach uns gesucht.)

[SydneyBlakem]

If ever I commit suicide it would be because of dative vs accusative. This one must be dative (I am sure, I think, I hope !!)

[CapnDoug]

Dative vs. accusative? That causes me so much brain damage all I can do is sit in my padded cell and mumble to myself.

[njennlingua]

The tip says gesucht can mean found.. is that right

[az_p]

It's not, unfortunately.

[pellucidon]

I tried "He sought for us".

DL thinks that is wrong and it's "He sought us".

I think DL is mistaken about "sought" being wrong ...

But looking further, when it's a person being searched for
"sought out" is commonly used.

[az_p]

✔ "He sought us"
✔ "He sought us out"
✖ "He sought for us"

[Ibranzzal]

Wer hat er gesucht? ,,er hat uns gesucht th

[az_p]

If you're wanting to imagine a question that this sentence is an answer to , remember that you need the accusative case: Wen hat er gesucht?

[GemmaSoyls]

He sought us is synonymous with he looked for us. Smdh

[az_p]

I hope you reported it as well, then.