wann
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wanne, Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Cognate with English when.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
wann
- (interrogative, standard) when
- Wann kommt er?
- When will he arrive?
- Ich weiß nicht, wann er kommt.
- I don’t know when he’ll arrive.
- (indefinite, colloquial) sometime
- Synonym: irgendwann
- Das sollten wir mal wann besprechen, wenn alle da sind.
- We should discuss this sometime that everybody’s present.
Derived terms edit
Conjunction edit
wann
Derived terms edit
- wann immer (“whenever”) (standard)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “wann” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “wann” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “wann”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German wan, from Old Saxon hwan (“when”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”).
Related to wannehr and wenn, Dutch wanneer and wen, High German wann and wenn, English when.
Pronunciation edit
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wann
Luxembourgish edit
Alternative forms edit
- wa (before non-alveolar consonants)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wan, wanne, from Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
wann
- if
- Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 4:6:
- Hie sot zu him: "Wann s du dem Herrgott säi Jong bass, da gehei dech hei erof! Et steet nämlech geschriwwen: Wéinst denger gëtt hien sengen Engelen den Uerder, an si droen dech op den Hänn, fir datt s du dir de Fouss net un engem Stee stéiss."
- He said to him: "If you are the Son of God, then throw yourself down! For it is written: He will give his angels charge concerning you, and they will bear you in their hands, so that you do not strike your foot on a stone."
- Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 4:6:
- when
- as soon as, when
Synonyms edit
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Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *wann (“dark”), of uncertain origin, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to lessen”).[1] Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”).
Adjective edit
wann
- dark
- Beowulf, ll. 702-3:
- Com on wanre niht / scriðan sceadugenga.
- The shadow-walker came slithering from the dark night.
- Beowulf, ll. 702-3:
Declension edit
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | wann | wann | wann |
Accusative | wanne | wanne | wann |
Genitive | wannes | wanre | wannes |
Dative | wannum | wanre | wannum |
Instrumental | wanne | wanre | wanne |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | wanne | wanna, wanne | wann |
Accusative | wanne | wanna, wanne | wann |
Genitive | wanra | wanra | wanra |
Dative | wannum | wannum | wannum |
Instrumental | wannum | wannum | wannum |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
wann
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “wan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German and Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Compare German wann, English when.
Adverb edit
wann
Etymology 2 edit
Conjunction edit
wann