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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German vrāgen, from Old High German frāgēn, frahēn/frāhēn, which is indirectly derived from Proto-West Germanic *frāgēn.[1]
Cognate with Saterland Frisian fräigje (“to ask”), Dutch vragen (“to ask”), English frain (“to ask, inquire”), Swedish fråga (“to ask”), Icelandic fregna (“to hear of, learn about”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈfʁaːɡən/, [ˈfʁaːɡŋ̩]
audio (file) audio (file) audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːɡn̩
- Hyphenation: fra‧gen
Verb[edit]
fragen (weak or mixed, third-person singular present fragt or (dialectal or colloquial) frägt, past tense fragte or (dialectal or colloquial) frug, past participle gefragt, past subjunctive fragte or (dialectal or colloquial) früge, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, usually with a second accusative object) to ask (someone something)
- Darf ich dich etwas fragen?
- May I ask you something?
- (transitive, with nach) to ask for, to ask after
- (reflexive) to wonder (literally, to ask (oneself))
- Ich frage mich, wer mir helfen kann.
- I wonder who can help me.
Usage notes[edit]
- Generally, fragen has always been a weak verb. The strong forms of fragen are secondary and now obsolete in formal writing. They live on in dialects and colloquial varieties.
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | fragen | ||||
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present participle | fragend | ||||
past participle | gefragt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich frage | wir fragen | i | ich frage | wir fragen |
du fragst du frägst1 |
ihr fragt | du fragest | ihr fraget | ||
er fragt er frägt1 |
sie fragen | er frage | sie fragen | ||
preterite | ich fragte ich frug1 |
wir fragten wir frugen1 |
ii | ich fragte2 ich früge1,2 |
wir fragten2 wir frügen1,2 |
du fragtest du frugst1 |
ihr fragtet ihr frugt1 |
du fragtest2 du frügest1,2 du frügst1,2 |
ihr fragtet2 ihr früget1,2 ihr frügt1,2 | ||
er fragte er frug1 |
sie fragten sie frugen1 |
er fragte2 er früge1,2 |
sie fragten2 sie frügen1,2 | ||
imperative | frag (du) frage (du) |
fragt (ihr) |
1Dialectal or colloquial.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Frage, fragen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- “fragen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fragen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “fragen” in Duden online
- “fragen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
fragen
West Frisian[edit]
Noun[edit]
fragen
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