Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

german question

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: ger-man ques-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The question of which historically German(-speaking, -inhabited, and/or -ruled) areas — particularly of whether northern German areas and Austria or only northern German areas — should constitute a unified German state.

name

Alternative letter-case form of German Question.

Etymology

Calque of the German Deutsche Frage.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Deutsche Frage

Inflected Forms

the German Question (canonical)

Phrases

Großdeutsche Lösung Kleindeutsche Lösung

Frequently Paired Words

Deutschlandfrage Großdeutsche Lösung Kleindeutsche Lösung

Questions

What does german question mean?: The question of which historically German(-speaking, -inhabited, and/or -ruled) areas — particularly of whether northern German areas and Austria or only northern German areas — should constitute a unified German state.
Where does german question come from?: It is traced to German.

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