fragen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vrāgen, from Old High German frāgēn, frahēn/frāhēn, which is indirectly derived from Proto-West Germanic *frāgēn. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fräigje (“to ask”), Dutch vragen (“to ask”), Low German fragen (“to ask”), English frain (“to ask, inquire”), Swedish fråga (“to ask”), Icelandic fregna (“to hear of, learn about”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʁaːɡən/, [ˈfʁaːɡŋ̩] Rhymes: -aːɡn̩ Hyphenation: fra‧gen === Verb === 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) (transitive) to ask [with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘something’] (transitive or intransitive) to ask for, to ask after [with nach ‘someone/something’] (reflexive) to wonder (literally, “to ask (oneself)”) ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “fragen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “fragen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “fragen” in Duden online “fragen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Swedish == === Noun === fragen definite singular of frag == West Frisian == === Noun === fragen plural of fraach