fragen

(Redirected from sich fragen)
See also: Fragen

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]
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  • 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)

  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.

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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

  1. definite singular of frag

West Frisian edit

Noun edit

fragen

  1. plural of fraach