fragen
German (Berlin)
/ˈfʁaːɡən/
verb
Definitions
- to ask (nach (nach) for/after)
- (reflexive) to wonder (literally, to ask (oneself))
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vrāgen (ask) inherited from Old High German frāgēn derived from Proto-Germanic *frēgōną derived from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (ask, woo, request) inherited from Old English freġnan (ask, inquire).
Origin
Old English
freġnan
Gloss
ask, inquire
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
聞
Emoji
🙏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- counterquestion English
- cross-question English
- frain English
- midquestion English
- nonquestion English
- postulate English
- precarious English
- precarity English
- precatory English
- question English
- questionability English
- questionable English
- questionary English
- questionee English
- questioner English
- questionest English
- questioneth English
- questionful English
- questioning English
- questionist English
- questionless English
- requestion English
- subquestion English
- unquestionable English
- deprecatio Latin
- deprecor Latin
- dēprecātiōnem Latin
- dēprecātus Latin
- imprecari Latin
- imprecātiō Latin
- percontor Latin
- postulo Latin
- precarius Latin
- precativus Latin
- precor Latin
- precārius Latin
- precārī Latin
- prex Latin
- procus Latin
- Befragung German
- Fragerei German
- Fragezeichen German
- Rat German
- Zeichen German
- abfragen German
- anfragen German
- ausfragen German
- befragen German
- erfragen German
- fest German
- festfragen German
- fragwürdig German
- herumfragen German
- ratfragen German
- aanvragen Dutch, Flemish
- afvragen Dutch, Flemish
- bevragen Dutch, Flemish
- navragen Dutch, Flemish
- ondervragen Dutch, Flemish
- overvragen Dutch, Flemish
- vraagal Dutch, Flemish
- vraagprijs Dutch, Flemish
- vragen Dutch, Flemish
- questionner French
- *preḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pr̥(ḱ)sḱéti, *pr̥sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *fragjaną Proto-Germanic
- *frehnaną Proto-Germanic
- *frigjaną Proto-Germanic
- *frēgōną Proto-Germanic
- freġnan Old English
- friġnan Old English
- frainen Middle English
- fraynen Middle English
- question Middle English
- fregna Old Norse
- *prositi Proto-Slavic
- kwestiyon Cebuano
- anrheg Welsh
- rheg Welsh
- vrâgen Middle Dutch
- frāgēn Old High German
- prasīt Latvian
- prasīšana Latvian
- questionar Ido
- vra Afrikaans
- rātvrāgen Middle High German
- vrāgen Middle High German
- froen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- frāgon Old Dutch
- *ɸarsketi Proto-Celtic
- frääge Alemannic German
- fregia Old Frisian
- pirs Northern Kurdish
- kwesten Tok Pisin
- *preš- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- froge Pennsylvania German
- froge Central Franconian
- frohe Hunsrik