 | English  | German |  |
 | awkward {adj} [problem, question, situation] | 1887 heikel |  |
 | roundabout {adj} [answer, question] | 362 umständlich |  |
 | responded {past-p} [to a question] | 76 erwidert |  |
 | anyway {adv} [to intensify a question, as in: "What did you want, anyway?"] | 72 denn [als Verstärkung in Fragen, wie z. B.: "Was wolltest du denn?"] |  |
 | sb. responds [to a question] | 60 jd. beantwortet |  |
 | pecuniary {adj} [e.g. affairs, compensation, embarrassment, question, resources] | 58 Geld- [z. B. Angelegenheiten, Entschädigung, Verlegenheit, Frage, Mittel] |  |
 | embarrassing {adj} [situation, question, etc.] | 47 verfänglich |  |
 | facile {adj} [question, comparison] | 37 vordergründig |  |
 | sb. responded [to a question] | 24 jd. beantwortete |  |
 | answerable {adj} [of a question] | 20 beantwortbar |  |
 | circumlocutionary {adj} [answer, question] | 13 umständlich [Antwort, Frage] |  |
 | unanswerable {adj} [question] | 12 unbeantwortbar |  |
 | unquestioned {adj} [not called into question] | 9 unhinterfragt |  |
 | quote RadioTV ["Which one would you like?" based on the "What is my profession?" quiz show question: "Which piggy-bank would you like?"] | Welches Schweinderl hätten S' denn gern? [Robert Lembke, «Was bin ich?»] |  |
 | Totally! [coll.] [Yeah!] [when answering a question] | Auf jeden! [ugs.] [Verkürzung von „Auf jeden Fall!“] |  |
Verbs |
 | to pose [question] | 1584 aufwerfen [Frage] |  |
 | to hedge sth. [a question] | 1160 etw.Dat. ausweichen |  |
 | to answer sth. [a question, a letter] | 461 etw. beantworten [eine Frage, einen Brief] |  |
 | to contest sth. [call sth. into question] | 358 etw. anzweifeln [etw. infrage stellen] |  |
 | to be [e.g. name, question] | 305 lauten [z. B. Name, Frage] |  |
 | to interpose [remark, question] | 301 einwerfen [Bemerkung, Frage] |  |
 | educ. to pick sb. [teacher: pick a pupil to answer a question or do a task] | 36 jdn. drannehmen [ugs.] [Lehrer: einen Schüler aufrufen] |  |
 | RadioTV [to participate in sth. as a viewer or member of an audience e.g. a game show, in order to hazard a guess at the answer of a posed question] | bei etw.Dat. mitraten |  |
 | to agitate sth. [discuss or debate (a question, a matter, etc.)] | etw. zur Erörterung stellen [eine Frage, eine Angelegenheit etc.] |  |
 | to challenge sth. [to call sth. into question] | etw.Akk. (kritisch) hinterfragen |  |
 | to grill sb. [fig.] [question intensely] | jdn. grillen [Redewendung] [ins Kreuzverhör nehmen] |  |
 | to grill sb. [fig.] [question intensely] | jdn. ausgiebig befragen |  |
 | to stump sb. [coll.] [e.g. question] | jdn. aus der Fassung bringen [z. B. Frage] |  |
Nouns |
 | matter [substance, also: subject, question] | 824 Materie {f} |  |
 | issue [question] | 553 Frage {f} [Thema] |  |
 | issue [key question] | 176 Kernfrage {f} |  |
 | clarification [question, situation] | 169 Abklärung {f} [Frage, Situation] |  |
 | inquiry [question] | 125 Frage {f} |  |
 | interrogation [question] | 66 Frage {f} |  |
 | question [problem, formulation of a question] | 46 Fragestellung {f} |  |
 | aspect [of question, subject etc.] | 26 Seite {f} [Aspekt] |  |
 | pol. [question of who will be the next chancellor candidate of a party] | Kanzlerfrage {f} |  |
 | pol. [question of who will be the next chancellor candidate of a party] | K-Frage {f} [ugs.] [kurz für: Kanzlerfrage] |  |
 | answerability [e.g. of a question] | Beantwortbarkeit {f} |  |
 | pol. backstop [proposal in Brexit negotiations of the Irish border question] | Backstop {m} [Vorschlag für die nordirisch-irische Grenze bei den Brexit-Verhandlungen] |  |
 | comp. QM GQM [initialism for goal, question, metric] | Goal Question Metric [ohne Artikel] <GQM> |  |
 | poser [coll.] [difficult problem or question] | harte Nuss {f} [ugs.] |  |
 | poser [difficult question] | knifflige Frage {f} |  |
 | poser [perplexing question] | verwirrende Frage {f} |  |
 | stumper [extremely difficult question] [coll.] | knifflige Frage {f} |  |
 | subquestion [also: sub-question] | Teilfrage {f} |  |
 | teaser [difficult question] | schwierige Frage {f} |  |
2 Words: Others |
 | double-barreled {adj} [Am.] [Aus.] [question, remark, etc.] | zweideutig [doppelsinnig] |  |
 | I did. [answering the question WHO did sth.] | Ich war's. [Antwort auf die Frage, WER etw. getan hat] |  |
 | I did. [answering the question WHO did sth.] | Das war ich. [Antwort auf die Frage, WER etw. getan hat] |  |