Polyglot Dictionary

Fangfrage

/ˈfaŋˌfʁaːɡə/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Fangfragen

Meaning

  1. trick question

    Built from fangen (to catch) + Frage (question).

    • Das ist eine Fangfrage.

      That's a trick question.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • fangen to catch
  • Frage question

Practice

1 What does Fangfrage mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ist eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Fangfrage?

nouncompound

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