See also: Abfragen

German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ fragen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌfraːɡən/, [ˈʔapˌfʁaː.ɡŋ̍]
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Verb

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abfragen (weak, third-person singular present fragt ab, past tense fragte ab, past participle abgefragt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to inquire about something, to ask for specific information
  2. (transitive) to test someone by asking, to quiz
  3. (transitive, computing) to interrogate (a database), to retrieve (data)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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