Meaning

3 senses
  1. The means by which something is accomplished.

    I am not interested in the why, but in the how.

  2. (dialectal)An artificial barrow or tumulus; in later folklore, associated with fairies.

  3. (dialectal)In northern England, a low hill.

Examples

41460 sentences
  1. I can imagine how you felt.

    Можу собі уявити, що ти відчував. — deniko

    ruМогу представить, как ты себя чувствовал. — sharptoothed

    deIch kann mir vorstellen, wie du dich gefühlt hast. — Dirk80

  2. Please explain how to get there.

    Будьте ласкаві, поясніть, як туди добратися. — Ahha

    ruОбъясните, пожалуйста, как туда добраться. — tirpitz

    deBitte erklären Sie, wie man dorthin gelangt. — mayabe

  3. Who taught you how to dance?

    Хто вас навчив танцювати? — brambury

    ruКто научил вас танцевать? — marafon

    deWer hat dir das Tanzen beigebracht? — Wolf

  4. This is how I made it.

    Ось так я це зробив. — deniko

    ruВот как я сделал это. — oxioxigen

    deSo habe ich das gemacht. — Esperantostern

  5. This is how we do it.

    Це робиться ось так. — deniko

    deSo machen wir das. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō,

From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō, from Proto-Germanic *hwō (“through what, how”), from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift.

From Middle English howe, hough, hogh, partly from Old English hōh (“promontory”), and partly from Old Norse haugr (“a how, mound”). Compare Old French höe (“hillock, hill”), from the same Germanic source.

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