diff --git a/src/NodaWikidataFetcher.php b/src/NodaWikidataFetcher.php
index bfe950a..b5b8ff2 100644
--- a/src/NodaWikidataFetcher.php
+++ b/src/NodaWikidataFetcher.php
@@ -1540,42 +1540,93 @@ final class NodaWikidataFetcher {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Function for generating a wikidata results list.
+     * Searches Wikidata for a string.
      *
-     * @param array<array<mixed>> $wikidata_data Wikidata data.
-     * @param string              $link          Links.
-     * @param string              $searchTerm    Search term.
-     * @param string              $lang          Language.
+     * @param string $searchTerm Search string.
+     * @param string $lang       Searched language. Defaults to German.
      *
-     * @return void
+     * @return array<mixed>
      */
-    public static function generateWikidataResultsList(array $wikidata_data, string $link, string $searchTerm, string $lang):void {
+    public static function searchWikidataForString(string $searchTerm, string $lang = "de"):array {
 
-        if (count($wikidata_data['search']) === 0) {
-            echo '<p class="icons iconsAlert alert"><b>' . ucfirst($searchTerm) . '</b>  not found in Wikidata</p>';
-            return;
+        $wikidata_data = MD_STD::runCurl("https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&format=json&search=" . urlencode($searchTerm) . "&language=" . urlencode($lang) . "&limit=20", 10000);
+        if (($wikidata_data = json_decode($wikidata_data, true)) === false) {
+            return [];
         }
 
-        echo '
-        <main id="wikidataResultsList">';
+        $output = [];
 
         foreach ($wikidata_data['search'] as $result) {
 
-            if ((isset($result['description']) and $result['description'] == '') or (isset($result['label']) and $result['label'] == '') or !isset($result['label']) or (isset($result['description']) and $result['description'] == 'Wikipedia disambiguation page') or (isset($result['description']) and $result['description'] == 'Wikimedia disambiguation page')) continue;
+            if (empty($result['description'])
+                or empty($result['label'])
+                or (isset($result['description']) and $result['description'] == 'Wikipedia disambiguation page')
+                or (isset($result['description']) and $result['description'] == 'Wikimedia disambiguation page')
+            ) continue;
 
-            echo '<div><a href="' . $link . 'suchbegriff=' . $searchTerm . '&wikidata_id=' . $result['id'] . '&lang=' . $lang . '">
-                <h4 class="icons iconsTag">' . $result['id'] . '</h4>';
-            echo '<p class="wikidataSummary">' . $result['label'];
-            if (!empty($result['match'])) echo " (<span class='icons iconsTranslate'>{$result['match']['language']}: {$result['match']['text']}</span>)";
-            echo '</p>';
-            if (!empty($result['description'])) echo '<p>' . $result['description'] . '</p>';
-            echo '</a><a class="icons iconsEye" target="_blank" href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/' . $result['id'] . '">Wikidata page</a></div>';
+            $cur = [
+                'id' => $result['id'],
+                'label' => $result['label'],
+                'label_ext' => '',
+                'description' => '',
+            ];
+
+            if (!empty($result['match'])) {
+                $cur['label_ext'] = "{$result['match']['language']}: {$result['match']['text']}";
+            }
+            if (!empty($result['description'])) {
+                $cur['description'] = $result['description'];
+            }
+
+            $output[] = $cur;
 
         }
 
-        echo '
+        return $output;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function for generating a wikidata results list.
+     *
+     * @param string $link       Links.
+     * @param string $searchTerm Search term.
+     * @param string $lang       Language.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function generateWikidataResultsList(string $link, string $searchTerm, string $lang):string {
+
+        $wikidata_data = self::searchWikidataForString($searchTerm);
+        $output = '';
+
+        if (empty($wikidata_data)) {
+            $output .= '<p class="icons iconsAlert alert"><b>' . ucfirst($searchTerm) . '</b>  not found in Wikidata</p>';
+            return $output;
+        }
+
+        $output .= '
+        <main id="wikidataResultsList">';
+
+        foreach ($wikidata_data as $result) {
+
+            if ((isset($result['description']) and $result['description'] == '') or (isset($result['label']) and $result['label'] == '') or !isset($result['label']) or (isset($result['description']) and $result['description'] == 'Wikipedia disambiguation page') or (isset($result['description']) and $result['description'] == 'Wikimedia disambiguation page')) continue;
+
+            $output .= '<div><a href="' . $link . 'suchbegriff=' . $searchTerm . '&wikidata_id=' . $result['id'] . '&lang=' . $lang . '">
+                <h4 class="icons iconsTag">' . $result['id'] . '</h4>';
+            $output .= '<p class="wikidataSummary">' . $result['label'];
+            if (!empty($result['label_ext'])) $output .= " (<span class='icons iconsTranslate'>{$result['label_ext']}</span>)";
+            $output .= '</p>';
+            if (!empty($result['description'])) $output .= '<p>' . $result['description'] . '</p>';
+            $output .= '</a><a class="icons iconsEye" target="_blank" href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/' . $result['id'] . '">Wikidata page</a></div>';
+
+        }
+
+        $output .= '
         </main>';
 
+        return $output;
+
     }
 
     /**