wann
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German wanne, Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Cognate with English when.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editwann
- (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
editConjunction
editwann
Derived terms
edit- wann immer (“whenever”) (standard)
See also
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editConjunction
editwann
Luxembourgish
editAlternative forms
edit- wa (before non-alveolar consonants)
Etymology
editFrom Middle High German wan, wanne, from Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan.
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editwann
- 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
editRelated terms
editOld English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editwann
- 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
editSingular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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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
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editwann
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “wan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German and Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Compare German wann, English when.
Adverb
editwann
Etymology 2
editConjunction
editwann
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