Also means
confidence motion
Usage Note
Vertrauensfrage is the device by which a chancellor asks parliament to confirm its confidence, from Vertrauen (trust) and Frage (question). It is feminine. Losing it can let the head of state dissolve the Bundestag; chancellors sometimes pose it deliberately to trigger early elections.
Examples
"Der Kanzler stellte im Parlament die Vertrauensfrage."
Natural Translation
The chancellor put the question of confidence to parliament.
Literal Translation
The chancellor put in-the parliament the confidence-question.
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