German Question
See also: German question
English
Alternative forms
- German question
Etymology
Calque of the German Deutsche Frage.
Proper noun
the German Question
- (chiefly historical) 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.
See also
- (questions of history) national question; Adriatic Question, Armenian Question, Eastern Question, German Question, Irish Question, Jewish Question, Karelian Question, Polish Question, Roman Question, Schleswig-Holstein Question
- Deutschlandfrage
- Großdeutsche Lösung
- Kleindeutsche Lösung