Frage
German, noun
Frage is spelled F-R-A-G-E (5 letters) and appears 372 times per million words in written German, the 249th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frage is a German feminine noun meaning “question (interrogative sentence or phrase)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, frage is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Äußerung, die Antwort oder Klärung verlangt; Aufforderung zur Antwort”.
What does Frage mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequestion (interrogative sentence or phrase)
Er hat eine Frage zum Abendessen an Sie, Herr.
- 2
femininequestion, issue, matter (subject or topic for consideration or investigation)
Es ist nur eine Frage der Geduld.
- 3
femininequestion, doubt (challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Äußerung, die Antwort oder Klärung verlangt; Aufforderung zur Antwort 2. Angelegenheit, die eine klärende Diskussion und Entscheidung erfordert
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Frage
- Fragen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Frage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Frage in German?
Frage appears 372 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).