vraag

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vraag, from Middle Dutch vrage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɑːχ/
  • (file)

Noun

vraag (plural vrae, diminutive vragie)

  1. question

Derived terms

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vraːx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vraag
  • Rhymes: -aːx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vrage, from Old Dutch *frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic *frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Noun

vraag f (plural vragen, diminutive vraagje n)

  1. (countable) question, query
    Coordinate term: antwoord
  2. (countable) question, issue, problem
    Synonym: vraagstuk
  3. (countable) interrogative, question (sentence form formulating a query)
  4. (uncountable, economics) demand
    Coordinate term: aanbod
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vraag
  • Negerhollands: vraag

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vraag

  1. inflection of vragen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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