Ja-Nein-Frage
[jaːˈnaɪ̯nˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Ja-Nein-Frage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anderer Ausdruck für Entscheidungsfrage: Frage, auf die hin in der Antwort eine Entscheidung getroffen werden soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-ja-nein-frage · Ja-Nein-Frage · German
Ja-Nein-Frage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ja-Nein-Frage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [jaːˈnaɪ̯nˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ja-Nein-Frage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ja-Nein-Frage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [jaːˈnaɪ̯nˌfʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "anderer Ausdruck für Entscheidungsfrage: Frage, auf die hin in der Antwort eine Entscheidung getroffen werden soll".
Ja-Nein-Frage has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ja-Nein-Frage, spelled J-A---N-E-I-N---F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1anderer Ausdruck für Entscheidungsfrage: Frage, auf die hin in der Antwort eine Entscheidung getroffen werden soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ja-Nein-Frage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Kommst Du heute?" ist eine Ja-Nein-Frage; Antwortmöglichkeiten sind: "Ja", "Nein", "Vielleicht" und dergleichen.
Die deutsche Sprache kennt die Antwortpartikeln ja. nein und doch; in der Einwort-Antwort auf die Ja-Nein-Frage werden allerdings auch Modalwörter, wie sicher ('jistě'), abtönungsähnliche Partikeln, wie allerdings ('ovšem') oder immerhin, sowie Satzadverbien […] verwendet.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.