"question" meaning in All languages combined

See question on Wiktionary

Noun [Englisch]

IPA: ˈkwɛst͡ʃən, ˈkwɛst͡ʃəns Audio: En-us-question.ogg Forms: the question [singular], the questions [plural]
  1. Frage
    Sense id: de-question-en-noun-ZcdbLLrs
  2. Zweifel
    Sense id: de-question-en-noun-XDg-ypfH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inquiry, enquiry, query, subject, topic, problem, issue, doubt Translations (Frage): Frage [feminine] (Deutsch), question [feminine] (Französisch) Translations (Zweifel): Zweifel [masculine] (Deutsch)

Verb [Englisch]

IPA: ˈkwɛst͡ʃən Audio: En-us-question.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present question, he questions, she questions, it questions, simple past questioned, present participle questioning, past participle questioned
  1. jemanden befragen, verhören oder abfragen
    Sense id: de-question-en-verb--4OFwAYl
  2. etwas bezweifeln, anzweifeln, an etwas Zweifel haben
    Sense id: de-question-en-verb-mncQQiaV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ask, interrogate, doubt Translations (etwas bezweifeln, anzweifeln, an etwas Zweifel haben): bezweifeln (Deutsch) Translations (jemanden befragen, verhören oder abfragen): befragen (Deutsch)

Noun [Französisch]

IPA: kɛs.tjɔ̃ Audio: Fr-fr-question.ogg Forms: la /une question [singular], les /des questions [plural]
  1. Frage, Anfrage
    Sense id: de-question-fr-noun-t4pFmws1
  2. Problem oder Angelegenheit, Thema
    Sense id: de-question-fr-noun-c50fdIFQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Frage, Anfrage): Frage (Deutsch), Anfrage (Deutsch) Translations (Problem oder Angelegenheit, Thema): Fragestellung (Deutsch), Problem (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "To be or not to be, that is the question.",
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "subject"
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      "sense_index": "1",
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      "sense_index": "1",
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          "text": "Moi, je pose une question et toi, tu réponds.",
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        },
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          "text": "„Je, den Düwel ook, c´est la question, ma très chère demoiselle!“",
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          "text": "To be or not to be, that is the question.",
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          "text": "There is no question about.",
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      "sense_index": "1",
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      "sense_index": "1",
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        {
          "text": "Moi, je pose une question et toi, tu réponds.",
          "translation": "Ich stelle eine Frage und du antwortest."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Thomas Mann: Buddenbrooks Erster Teil, 1. Kapitel. Gesammelte Werke, Band 1. S. Fischer, Frankfurt a. M., 2. Auflage, 1974 S. 9 ISBN 3-10-048177-1, ISBN 3-10-748101-7",
          "text": "„Je, den Düwel ook, c´est la question, ma très chère demoiselle!“",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "C'est une question de tact.",
          "translation": "Das ist eine Frage des Takts."
        }
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Frage"
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    {
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    {
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      "lang_code": "de",
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Problem oder Angelegenheit, Thema",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "Problem"
    }
  ],
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}

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