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Fragen

Fragen

See also: fragen

German

Noun

Fragen pl

  1. plural of Frage "questions"

fragen

fragen

See also: Fragen

German

Verb

fragen (third-person singular present fragt or frägt, past tense fragte or frug, past participle gefragt)

  1. to ask
  2. (reflexive) to wonder
    Ich frage mich, wer mir helfen kann.
    I wonder who can help me.

Usage notes

  • 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

Weak Conjugation
Strong Conjugation (rare)

Derived terms

References

  1. “Frage, fragen” in: Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache” , 22. Auflage, 1989, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, ISBN 3-11-006800-1