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wo

adv · /voː/ ·
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 *kʷís, whence also wer. Cognate with English where.

Translation

  1. where (at what place) interrogative

    Wo bist du?

    Where are you?

  2. where (at or in which place or situation) relative

    Ich kenne einen Laden, wo solche Sachen verkauft werden.

    I know a shop where such things are sold.

  3. when, that (on which; at which time) informal, relative

    Das war der Tag, wo wir uns kennen gelernt haben.

    That was the day when we got to know each other.

  4. somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location) colloquial, indefinite

    Ich wär gern wo, wo's wärmer ist.

    I'd like to be somewhere where it's warmer.

wo

conj · /voː/ ·
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 *kʷís, whence also wer. Cognate with English where.

Translation

  1. when colloquial

    Wo ich mich umgedreht hab, haut der mir unvermittelt eine rein.

    When I turned around, he just abruptly punched me in the face.

wo

pron · /voː/ ·
Etymology

From Old High German hwār, the now-extinct dative case of was. Used today in all cases.

Translation

  1. who, whom, which, that dialectal, nonstandard, relative

    Ich bin der, wo das kann.

    I'm the one who can do that.

    Mir sin die wo gwinne wellet

    We're the ones that want to win

    Aber daß sie sich da mit uns unterhalten, das tun die nicht, mal grad die wo wir mal kennen, das ist eine Familie […]

    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 […]

    Ali: "Und der Hussein, der ist ein Typ, wo / wo doch nicht Türkisch redet. Der redet nur Deutsch mit mir. […]"

    Ali: "And Hussein, he's a bloke who / who won't speak Turkish. He only talks German to me. […] "

    Ich bin, der ich bin. Ich bin, wo ich bin. Ich bin der, wo ich bin. Wo sagt man sowas?

    I am who I am. I am where I am. I am the one that I am. Where do they say it like this?