fragen

From Middle High German vrāgen, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁaːɡən/, [ˈfʁaːɡŋ̩]

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• Rhymes: -aːɡn̩
• Hyphenation: fra‧gen

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)

1. (transitive, usually with a second accusative object) to ask (someone something)

   Darf ich dich etwas fragen?

   May I ask you something?

2. (transitive, with nach) to ask for, to ask after
3. (reflexive) to wonder (literally, to ask (oneself))

   Ich frage mich, wer mir helfen kann.

   I wonder who can help me.

• 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.

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• “fragen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “fragen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “fragen” in Duden online
• “fragen” in OpenThesaurus.de

fragen

1. definite singular of frag

fragen

1. plural of fraach