fråga

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German vrāge (German Frage), from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic *frēgō. Compare English frain. Displaced native spörja (“to ask”), spörsmål (“question”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfroːˌɡa/ === Noun === fråga c a question (request for information) a question (something (many) people wonder about) a question (on a test) an issue, a question ((current) matter (to be discussed)) ==== Usage notes ==== Idiomatically, "To ask a question" is always "att ställa en fråga" rather than "att fråga en fråga." (For the phrase När fråga är...) Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== See the verb below. === Verb === fråga (present frågar, preterite frågade, supine frågat, imperative fråga) to ask, to inquire ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (dated, poetic) spörja ==== Derived terms ==== === References === fråga in Svensk ordbok (SO) fråga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) fråga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)