abfragt

Abfragt is the third-person singular present tense of the German verb abfragen. The prefix ab- signals extraction or completion, while fragen means to ask. The term is used in two main domains: information retrieval in computing and verbal questioning in educational or evaluative contexts.

In computing, abfragen means to query or retrieve information from a data source such as a database or an API. A typical usage is die Anwendung fragt die Datenbank ab, um die neuesten Einträge zu laden. The related noun is Abfrage, as in SQL-Abfrage or eine Abfrage an die Datenbank. Abfragen can be performed via SQL, API calls, or other data interfaces. The past participle abgefragt is used to form perfect tenses, as in Die Daten wurden abgefragt.

In educational contexts abfragen refers to asking questions to check someone’s knowledge or understanding. A teacher may die Schüler abfragen during a lesson, or an oral Abfrage may be used to assess comprehension. The noun Abfrage is also common in this sense, referring to the act or instance of questioning, such as eine mündliche Abfrage or eine schriftliche Abfrage.

Usage notes: abfragen is a separable verb in German, so in main clauses the prefix is split and the verb appears as fragt … ab. In compound tenses the past participle is abgefragt. The term is versatile and context-dependent, covering both data retrieval and knowledge assessment.

See also: Abfrage (Begriff), Abfrage in Datenbankmanagement, Abfrage im Unterricht.