why

Betekenis

Adv

1. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
2. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
3. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
4. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
5. For which cause, reason, or purpose.
6. The cause, reason, or purpose for which.

Noun

Reason.

Intj

An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.

Verb

To ask (someone) the question "why?".

Noun

A young heifer.

Noun

Alternative form of wye; the name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʍaɪ/

Etymologie

From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷis (“who”), *kʷid (“what”).
Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.

Zinnen

That is why I am here .

Daarom ben ik hier.

Why Study Popular Culture ?

Waarom populaire cultuur studeren?

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Waarom zou hij anders zijn belangrijkste rivaal vertellen om zich voor te bereiden op een run?

Why don't you say something ?

Waarom zeg je niet iets?

That's why I feel that I deserve a part of what you find .

Daarom heb ik het gevoel dat ik een deel van wat je vindt, verdien.

That's the reason why I came in fourth .

Dat is de reden waarom ik vierde kwam.

Why don't you fellows get your own news ?

Waarom krijgen je Fellows geen eigen nieuws?

This is the main reason why pesto recipes often differ from each other .

Dit is de belangrijkste reden waarom pesto -recepten vaak van elkaar verschillen.