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befragen

Verbcommon in dialogue

  • /[bəˈfʁaːɡn̩]/
  • /[bəˈfʁaːɡŋ̩]/

um mehrere Auskünfte bitten; Fragen an jemanden stellen

Verb

  1. 1

    um mehrere Auskünfte bitten; Fragen an jemanden stellen

    Der Richter befragte die Zeugen.

    Synonyms
    ausfragenaushorchenauskundschaftenausquetschenbohrenfragenherumfrageninterviewennachfragenumfragenverhören
    French
    interroger, questionner, consulter, demander
    English
    ask, question, consult, query
    Spanish
    preguntar, interrogar, consultar
    Italian
    interrogare, intervistare, consultare

Forms

infinitive
zu befragen, befragt zu haben, befragt zu werden, befragt worden zu sein
past tense
befragte
present participle
befragend
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-25

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).