"basic research" in German basic research Grundlagenforschung Quellenstudium Quellenstudien Detailed translations for "basic research" basic research basic research(also: fundamental research) die Grundlagenforschung{feminine} I mean, this is as basic as basic research gets. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Das ist so grundlegend, wie Grundlagenforschung sein kann. basic research das Quellenstudium{neuter} basic research Quellenstudien{masculine plural}