Etymograph

English

German Question

German Question comes from German Deutsche Frage.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentDeutsche Frage
  2. EnglishtodayGerman Question

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Germanc. 1650–presentDeutsche Frage
  2. EnglishtodayGerman Question

Made of the words German + Question

Latin Germānus ‘the peoples of Germānia’

English German

Latin quaerere ‘to seek’

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Latin quaestiōnem

Old French question

Anglo-Norman questiun

Middle English questioun ‘a problem’

English Question

Every English word from German Deutsche Frage

Today it means

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.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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