"wann" meaning in German

See wann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /van/ Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Lucas Werkmeister-wann.wav , De-wann.ogg
Rhymes: -an Etymology: From Middle High German wanne, Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Cognate with English when. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|wanne}} Middle High German wanne, {{inh|de|goh|wanne}} Old High German wanne, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*hwannā}} Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, {{m|gmw-pro|*hwan}} *hwan, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*hwan}} Proto-Germanic *hwan, {{cog|en|when}} English when Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} wann, {{de-adv}} wann
  1. (interrogative, standard) when Tags: interrogative, standard
    Sense id: en-wann-de-adv-FeqnUkCu Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 31
  2. (indefinite, colloquial) sometime Tags: colloquial, indefinite Synonyms: irgendwann
    Sense id: en-wann-de-adv-Zpt2MIPN Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dann und wann, wann anders

Conjunction

IPA: /van/ Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Lucas Werkmeister-wann.wav , De-wann.ogg
Rhymes: -an Etymology: From Middle High German wanne, Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Cognate with English when. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|wanne}} Middle High German wanne, {{inh|de|goh|wanne}} Old High German wanne, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*hwannā}} Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, {{m|gmw-pro|*hwan}} *hwan, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*hwan}} Proto-Germanic *hwan, {{cog|en|when}} English when Head templates: {{head|de|conjunction}} wann
  1. (archaic or dialectal) when; if Tags: archaic, dialectal Derived forms: wann immer (english: whenever) [standard] Related terms: wenn
    Sense id: en-wann-de-conj-eOFKG4rx Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 31

Download JSON data for wann meaning in German (5.1kB)

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