German Question

See also: German question

English

Alternative forms

• German question

Etymology

Calque of the German Deutsche Frage.

Proper noun

the German Question

1. (chiefly historical) The question of which historically German(-speaking, -inhabited, and/or -ruled) areas — particularly of whether northern German areas and Austria or only northern German areas — should constitute a unified German state.

See also

• (questions of history) national question; Adriatic Question, Armenian Question, Black Question, Eastern Question, German Question, Irish Question, Jewish Question, Karelian Question, Polish Question, Roman Question, Schleswig-Holstein Question
• Deutschlandfrage
• Großdeutsche Lösung
• Kleindeutsche Lösung