Feminin
Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (feminine, historical) question (interrogation by torture)
  2. (feminine) question (sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response)
  3. (feminine) issue, matter, topic, problem

Frequenz

A1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/kɛs.tjɔ̃/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French and Old French question (12th c.), borrowed from Latin quaestiō. At first a learned word, therefore retaining preconsonantal -s- (compare related quête).

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