"woher" meaning in German

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wohin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wo",
        "3": "her"
      },
      "expansion": "wo + her",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "wo + her",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "am {{{2}}}",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "woher",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "woher",
      "name": "de-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "daher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dorther"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hierher"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where do you come from?",
          "text": "Woher kommt ihr? (informal, plural)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "where from, whence"
      ],
      "id": "en-woher-de-adv-ntPerziG",
      "links": [
        [
          "where",
          "where"
        ],
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ],
        [
          "whence",
          "whence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How should I know?",
          "text": "Woher soll ich das wissen?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how (not the general meaning of \"in which way\", but meaning \"from which source\" or \"from where\" exactly)"
      ],
      "id": "en-woher-de-adv-scxhtd7H",
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/voˈheːɐ̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-woher.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/De-woher.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "woher"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wohin"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "German adverbs",
    "German compound terms",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German interrogative adverbs",
    "German lemmas",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wo",
        "3": "her"
      },
      "expansion": "wo + her",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "wo + her",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "am {{{2}}}",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "woher",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "woher",
      "name": "de-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "daher"
    },
    {
      "word": "dorther"
    },
    {
      "word": "hierher"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where do you come from?",
          "text": "Woher kommt ihr? (informal, plural)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "where from, whence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "where",
          "where"
        ],
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ],
        [
          "whence",
          "whence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How should I know?",
          "text": "Woher soll ich das wissen?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how (not the general meaning of \"in which way\", but meaning \"from which source\" or \"from where\" exactly)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/voˈheːɐ̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-woher.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/De-woher.ogg/De-woher.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/De-woher.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "woher"
}