Frage

Frage

See also: frage

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrāge, from Old High German frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic *frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁaːɡə/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Frage f (genitive Frage, plural Fragen)

  1. question (interrogative sentence or phrase) [with an (+ accusative) ‘for someone’]
    Antonym: Antwort
    Eine Frage an euch.A question for you.
  2. question, issue, matter (subject or topic for consideration or investigation)
    Es ist nur eine Frage der Geduld.It's just a matter of patience.
  3. question, doubt (challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Yiddish: פֿראַגע (frage)

Further reading

  • Frage” in Duden online
  • Frage”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)