Auch

a surname, common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night

auf

• Prep

  1. on, upon (positioned at the top of)
  2. on, onto, up (moving to the top of)
  3. on (indicating responsibility)
  4. in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in
  5. to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in
  6. in (see usage note below)
  7. in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable)
  8. on (a day; usually of the week)
  9. for (during the continuation of)
  10. to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish)
  11. by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something)

• Adj
• Adv
• Intj

dem

• Article

  dative masculine/neuter singular of der: the

• Pron

Gebiet

1. area, region
2. territory
3. a set with certain properties:
4. a set with certain properties:

der

• Article

  the

• Pron
• Pron
• Pron
• Pron

Soziologie

sociology

forschte

1. inflection of forschen: ## first/third-person singular preterite ## first/third-person singular subjunctive II
2. inflection of forschen: ## first/third-person singular preterite ## first/third-person singular subjunctive II

er

1. he.
2. it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
3. she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
4. Alternative spelling of Er (you (polite))