Fangfrage
[ˈfaŋˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Fangfrage” is uncommon German (frequency #73,464 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,464
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frage, mit der versucht wird, auf indirektem Weg zu der erwünschten Information zu kommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fangfrage · Fangfrage · German
Fangfrage · rank #73,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,464
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH falcons
Nearest frequency peer: falcons (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Fangfrage“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- extremsten
extremsten
26,541 corpus weight
- falcons
falcons
26,538 corpus weight
- Fangfrage
Fangfrage
26,537 corpus weight
- fantasievoll
fantasievoll
26,536 corpus weight
- farbliche
farbliche
26,535 corpus weight
- Farbtönen
Farbtönen
26,534 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fangfrage“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fangfrage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaŋˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fangfrage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fangfrage is uncommon German at frequency #73,464 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaŋˌfʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frage, mit der versucht wird, auf indirektem Weg zu der erwünschten Information zu kommen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Fangfrage in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fangfrage, spelled F-A-N-G-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Frage, mit der versucht wird, auf indirektem Weg zu der erwünschten Information zu kommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fangfrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sollten wir im schlimmsten Fall als Überlebende des gesunkenen Bootes in Gefangenschaft geraten, so würden wir selbst die geschicktesten Fangfragen bei Verhören nicht beantworten können.“
„Immerhin gelang es mir, durch eine Fangfrage zu ermitteln, daß von Herrn Jackopp bei ihr nie, auch später nicht ein Brief eingetroffen sei, so daß meine Niederschrift auch in diesem Punkt voll abgesichert ist.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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