Meaning

6 senses

  1. (interrogative, not comparable)At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

    When will they arrive?

    Do you know when they arrived?

    wann, wann

    когда́kogdá, когда́kogdá

    коли́kolý, коли́kolý

  2. At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

    (Internet, humorous, interrogative, not comparable, often)Used after a noun or noun phrase in isolation to express impatience with an anticipated future event.

    The site's all bugged. Fix when?

    Tank class buff when?

  3. (not comparable)At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.

    He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.

  4. (not comparable, relative)At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

    That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.

    Not a week goes by when I don't mourn that loss.

    als, wenn, wo

    когда́kogdá

  5. (not comparable)The time at, on or during which.

    I recall when they were called the Greys.

    Next year is when we elect a new mayor.

    когда́kogdá

  6. (informal, not comparable)A circumstance or situation in which.

    Love is when you can't get enough of someone.

    когда́kogdá

Examples

29975 sentences

  1. Close the door when you leave.

    Зачини двері, коли будеш іти.

    ruЗакрой дверь, когда будешь уходить.

    deSchließ beim Hinausgehen die Türe.

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  2. Let's leave when you are ready.

    Давай підемо, коли ти будеш готовий.

    ruДавай пойдём, когда ты будешь готов.

    deWir gehen, wenn sie bereit sind.

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  3. Let's do it when he comes.

    Зробимо це, коли він прийде.

    ruДавай сделаем это, когда он придет.

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  4. They married when they were young.

    Вони одружилися ще коли були молодими.

    ruОни поженились, когда были молодыми.

    deSie haben geheiratet, als sie noch jung waren.

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  5. I'll leave when she comes back.

    Я піду, коли вона повернеться.

    ruЯ уйду, когда она вернётся.

    deIch werde gehen, wenn sie wiederkommt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
at what time, as a direct question:
Русский
By meaning 1
at what time, as a direct question:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
at what time, as a direct question:
at which, on which, during which:

Origin

From Middle English when(ne), whan(ne), from Old English hwonne, from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English when(ne), whan(ne), from Old English hwonne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannē, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“at what time, when”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís (interrogative base).

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See also

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