where

Betekenis (Engels)

Adv

1. (interrogative, not-comparable) In, at or to what place.
2. (not-comparable) In what situation.
3. (not-comparable) In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
4. (not-comparable) In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
5. (not-comparable, relative) In, at or to which.
6. (not-comparable) The place in, at or to which.
7. (informal, not-comparable) A situation or case in which.
8. (not-comparable) In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.

Conj

1. While on the contrary; although; whereas.
2. (informal) That.

Pron

What place.

Noun

The place in which something happens.

Concepten

waar

waarheen

waarvandaan

waarvan

waartoe

alwaar

waarin

waarnaartoe

waar ... heen

waar ... naar toe

Synoniemen

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

🅰️

where at

after

at what

direction

haunt

inside

instead of

into

lit

over there

position

rather

room

since

than

thereafter

Vertalingen

où

wo

dove

donde

dónde

wohin

onde

ubi

on

πού

nerede

aonde

adonde

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʍɛə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wher

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hwǣr

In summary

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

Zinnen

Where do you come from ?

Waar kom je vandaan?

Where is your father ?

Waar is je vader?

Where did they come from ?

Waar kwamen ze vandaan?

Where did it come from then ?

Waar kwam het vandaan?

Where did you say this man worked ?

Waar zei je dat deze man werkte?

He attended the Art Center College of Design where he received his education .

Hij ging naar het Art Center College of Design, waar hij zijn opleiding kreeg.