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Sentence

die indirekte Frage

In English: indirect question

A question built into another sentence. It is a subordinate clause: it starts with the question word, or with ob („whether“) for a yes/no question, and the verb goes to the end.

Example: Weißt du, wann der Zug abfährt? Ich frage mich, ob er kommt.

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See also

die W-Frage die Ja/Nein-Frage der Nebensatz

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