wo.
where (at what place)
Meaning & usage
where (at what place)
Wo bist du?
where (at or in which place or situation)
Ich kenne einen Laden, wo solche Sachen verkauft werden.
when, that (on which; at which time)
Das war der Tag, wo wir uns kennen gelernt haben.
somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location)
Ich wär gern wo, wo's wärmer ist.
Where this word comes from
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 *kʷís, whence also wer. Cognate with English where.
when
Wo ich mich umgedreht hab, haut der mir unvermittelt eine rein.
Where this word comes from
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 *kʷís, whence also wer. Cognate with English where.
who, whom, which, that
Ich bin der, wo das kann.
Mir sin die wo gwinne wellet
Where this word comes from
From Old High German hwār, the now-extinct dative case of was. Used today in all cases.
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