"wo" meaning in German

See wo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /voː/ Audio: De-wo.ogg , De-wo2.ogg
Rhymes: -oː Etymology: With a widespread dialectal shift from -ā- to -ō-, from Middle High German wā, wār, from Old High German wār, hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, whence also wer. Cognate with English where. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|wā}} Middle High German wā, {{inh|de|goh|wār}} Old High German wār, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*hwār}} Proto-West Germanic *hwār, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*hwēr}} Proto-Germanic *hwēr, {{der|de|ine-pro|*kʷis}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, {{cog|en|where}} English where Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} wo, {{de-adv|cat2=interrogative adverbs}} wo
  1. (interrogative) where (at what place) Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-wo-de-adv-J730~-l2
  2. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation) Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-wo-de-adv-GnKws2Tn
  3. (relative, somewhat informal) when, that (on which; at which time) Tags: informal, relative
    Sense id: en-wo-de-adv-F9e10tMg Categories (other): German pronouns Disambiguation of German pronouns: 4 4 16 29 26 22
  4. (indefinite, colloquial) somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location) Tags: colloquial, indefinite Synonyms: irgendwo
    Sense id: en-wo-de-adv-wjhuuANm Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German pronouns Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 3 73 5 9 Disambiguation of German pronouns: 4 4 16 29 26 22

Conjunction

IPA: /voː/ Audio: De-wo.ogg , De-wo2.ogg
Rhymes: -oː Etymology: With a widespread dialectal shift from -ā- to -ō-, from Middle High German wā, wār, from Old High German wār, hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, whence also wer. Cognate with English where. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|wā}} Middle High German wā, {{inh|de|goh|wār}} Old High German wār, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*hwār}} Proto-West Germanic *hwār, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*hwēr}} Proto-Germanic *hwēr, {{der|de|ine-pro|*kʷis}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, {{cog|en|where}} English where Head templates: {{head|de|conjunction}} wo
  1. (colloquial) when Tags: colloquial Synonyms: als
    Sense id: en-wo-de-conj-FeqnUkCu Categories (other): German pronouns Disambiguation of German pronouns: 4 4 16 29 26 22

Pronoun

IPA: /voː/ Audio: De-wo.ogg , De-wo2.ogg
Rhymes: -oː Etymology: With a widespread dialectal shift from -ā- to -ō-, from Middle High German wā, wār, from Old High German wār, hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, whence also wer. Cognate with English where. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|wā}} Middle High German wā, {{inh|de|goh|wār}} Old High German wār, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*hwār}} Proto-West Germanic *hwār, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*hwēr}} Proto-Germanic *hwēr, {{der|de|ine-pro|*kʷis}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, {{cog|en|where}} English where Head templates: {{head|de|pronoun}} wo
  1. (relative, dialectal, nonstandard) who, whom, which, that Tags: dialectal, nonstandard, relative Related terms: woanders, wobei
    Sense id: en-wo-de-pron-R-kdATrI Categories (other): German pronouns Disambiguation of German pronouns: 4 4 16 29 26 22
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          "english": "I'd like to be somewhere where it's warmer.",
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          "english": "But that they should have a chat with us, they don't do that, just maybe those who we know a bit, that's one family (...)",
          "ref": "1979, Margret Weiler, Zur Frage der Integration der Zigeuner in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: eine Untersuchung der gegenwärtigen Situation der Zigeuner und der sozialpolitischen und sozialarbeiterischen Massnahmen für Zigeuner, self-published doctoral thesis, p. 188",
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          "english": "Ali: \"And Hussein, he's a bloke who / who won't speak Turkish. He only talks German to me. (...)\"",
          "ref": "1994, Burkhard Hergesell, Arbeiterkulturen im Betrieb: interethnische Beziehungen zwischen Produktionsarbeitern: eine empirische Studie, IKO Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation, p. 133",
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          "text": "2009, Elfriede Jelinek, Die Kontrakte des Kaufmanns. Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel). Über Tiere. – Drei Romane, Rowohlt Taschenbuch, p. 216",
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        {
          "english": "I'd like to be somewhere where it's warmer.",
          "text": "Ich wär gern wo, wo's wärmer ist.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location)"
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        "(indefinite, colloquial) somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location)"
      ],
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          "word": "irgendwo"
        }
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      ]
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      "rhymes": "-oː"
    }
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}

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        }
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  "lang_code": "de",
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    {
      "word": "woanders"
    },
    {
      "word": "wobei"
    }
  ],
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        "German nonstandard terms",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "I'm the one who can do that.",
          "text": "Ich bin der, wo das kann.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "But that they should have a chat with us, they don't do that, just maybe those who we know a bit, that's one family (...)",
          "ref": "1979, Margret Weiler, Zur Frage der Integration der Zigeuner in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: eine Untersuchung der gegenwärtigen Situation der Zigeuner und der sozialpolitischen und sozialarbeiterischen Massnahmen für Zigeuner, self-published doctoral thesis, p. 188",
          "text": "Aber daß sie sich da mit uns unterhalten, das tun die nicht, mal grad die wo wir mal kennen, das ist eine Familie (...)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Ali: \"And Hussein, he's a bloke who / who won't speak Turkish. He only talks German to me. (...)\"",
          "ref": "1994, Burkhard Hergesell, Arbeiterkulturen im Betrieb: interethnische Beziehungen zwischen Produktionsarbeitern: eine empirische Studie, IKO Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation, p. 133",
          "text": "Ali: \"Und der Hussein, der ist ein Typ, wo / wo doch nicht Türkisch redet. Der redet nur Deutsch mit mir. (...)\"",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I am who I am. I am where I am. I am the one that I am. Where do they say it like this?",
          "roman": "Ich bin, der ich bin. Ich bin, wo ich bin. Ich bin der, wo ich bin. Wo sagt man sowas?",
          "text": "2009, Elfriede Jelinek, Die Kontrakte des Kaufmanns. Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel). Über Tiere. – Drei Romane, Rowohlt Taschenbuch, p. 216",
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          "which"
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}

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