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Sentence

die W-Frage

In English: question-word question

A question that asks for a piece of information and starts with a question word in W: wer, was, wo, wann, wie, warum, woher, wohin. The verb is second and the subject follows it. German has no helper like „do“ or „does“.

Example: Wo wohnst du? (Where do you live?)

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See also

die Ja/Nein-Frage die indirekte Frage die Verbzweitstellung (V2)

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