where

Bedeutung (English)

Conj

1. In, at or to which place or situation.
2. In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
3. In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
4. In a position, case, etc. in which; if.
5. While on the contrary; although; whereas.

Adv

1. Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: in, at or to what place.
2. (informal) Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: in, at or to what place.
3. Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: in, at or to what place.
4. In what situation.
5. In, at or to which.
6. The place in, at or to which.

Noun

The place in which something happens.

Konzepte

wo

wohin

woher

Wo

welcherorts

irgendwo

von wannen

dort

in welcher Gegend

welche Seite

da

Synonyms

whither

which

when

there

whereabouts

what place

whence

what

place

which way

location

where to

where ... to

wherein

anywhere

whereabout

how

somewhere

who

which place

wherefrom

from

from where

wherever

in which place

that

nowhere

in

marks what

who type question

where is

ad loc.

from the time

a

a

where at

after

at what

direction

haunt

inside

instead of

into

lit

over there

position

rather

room

since

than

thereafter

thither

where from

whereon

wheresoever

whereto

whereupon

why

in what place

thor

to which place

which one

which direction

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ʍɛə/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: wher

Inherited from Altenglisch: hwǣr

In summary

From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (interrogative pronoun).

Sätze

Where is your father ?

Wo ist dein Vater?

Where did they come from ?

Woher kamen sie?

Where did it come from then ?

Woher kam es von da an?

Where did you say this man worked ?

Wo hast du gesagt, dass dieser Mann gearbeitet hat?

Tim kisses Leah , and the two continue where they left off .

Tim küsst Leah und die beiden bleiben dort, wo sie aufgehört haben.

Wang Ming was exiled to Moscow where he later died .

Wang Ming wurde nach Moskau verbannt, wo er später starb.

All songs by Ciccone Youth , except where noted .

Alle Songs von Ciccone Youth, außer wo notiert.

When the simum ceased to blow , everyone looked to the place where the boy had been .

Als der Simum aufhörte zu blasen, schauten alle zu dem Ort, an dem der Junge gewesen war.