"Frage" meaning in German

See Frage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfʁaːɡə/ Audio: De-at-Frage.ogg [Austria], De-Frage.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
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-. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|vrāge}} Middle High German vrāge, {{inh|de|goh|frāga}} Old High German frāga, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*frāgu}} Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*frēgō}} Proto-Germanic *frēgō, {{der|de|ine-pro|*preḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Frage f (genitive Frage, plural Fragen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Frage [genitive], Fragen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Frage [nominative, singular], Fragen [definite, nominative, plural], Frage [genitive, singular], Fragen [definite, genitive, plural], Frage [dative, singular], Fragen [dative, definite, plural], Frage [accusative, singular], Fragen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. question (interrogative sentence or phrase) [with an (+ accusative) ‘for someone’] Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Frage-de-noun-gSCZNCW8
  2. question, issue, matter (subject or topic for consideration or investigation) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Frage-de-noun-hE-~iro9 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 19 49 31
  3. question, doubt (challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Frage-de-noun-ARtD-kqA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 13 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fragen
Categories (other): Communication Disambiguation of Communication: 0 0 0 Derived forms: Alternativfrage, außer Frage, Autoritätsfrage, Balkonfrage, Bestätigungsfrage, Echofrage, Eingangsfrage, Entscheidungsfrage, Ergänzungsfrage, Ersatzfrage, Existenzfrage, Fangfrage, Fragebogen, Fragestellung, Fragezeichen, fraglos, fragwürdig, Gegenfrage, Geldfrage, Gewinnspielfrage, Gretchenfrage, Hauptfrage, in Frage stellen, Judenfrage, Kriegsschuldfrage, Lückentextfrage, Machtfrage, Mehrfachauswahlfrage, Nachfrage, Randfrage, rhetorische Frage, Rückfrage, Scheinfrage, Sokratische Frage, Stakkatofrage, Suggestivfrage, Umfrage, Vergewisserungsfrage, Vertrauensfrage, Voranfrage, W-Frage, Zuordnungsfrage, Zusatzfrage

Inflected forms

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              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It's just a matter of patience.",
          "text": "Es ist nur eine Frage der Geduld.",
          "translation": "It's just a matter of patience.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "question, issue, matter (subject or topic for consideration or investigation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "question, doubt (challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doubt",
          "doubt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfʁaːɡə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Frage.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/De-at-Frage.ogg/De-at-Frage.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/De-at-Frage.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Frage.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/42/De-Frage.ogg/De-Frage.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/De-Frage.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Frage"
}

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