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Top 500verb, imperfective

иска́ть

[ɪˈskatʲ]to look for, to seek

Frequency rank #246 About 1 in every 2,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
искать #246

Meaning

  1. to look for, to seek

Examples

Я ищу́ свои́ ключи́.

I'm looking for my keys.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • иска́тьinfinitive#946
  • ищу́singular, 1st person, present#1,363
  • иска́лmasculine, singular, past#1,753
  • и́щемplural, 1st person, present#1,945
  • и́щетsingular, 3rd person, present#2,124
  • и́щешьsingular, 2nd person, present#2,633
  • иска́лиplural, past#3,074
  • и́щутplural, 3rd person, present#3,126
  • иска́лаfeminine, singular, past#3,188
  • и́щетеplural, 2nd person, present#4,515
  • ищи́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#5,066
  • ищи́imperative, singular, 2nd person#6,498
  • ища́present, gerund#36,691
  • и́щущийpresent, participle

and 5 more forms

Words near #246

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