Froage
See also: froage
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrâge, from Old Saxon *frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu. Cognates include German Low German Froog and German Frage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrɔːɣə/
- Hyphenation: Froa‧ge
- Rhymes: -ɔːɣə
Noun
Froage f (plural Froagen)
- (proscribed) question
- 2009, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “Bie dän Koopmon”, in Margaretha Grosser, transl., Die litje Prins [The little Prince], →ISBN:
- Wilst stoalde hie noch wiedere Froagen:
- Meanwhile he was still asking further questions:
Synonyms
- Fräige
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Fräige”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN