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:

Examples

29937 sentences

  1. I don't know when.

    Я не знаю, коли. — shanghainese

    ruЯ не знаю когда. — marafon

    deIch weiß nicht, wann. — mrtaistoi

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  2. I don't know when, but it'll happen someday.

    ruНе знаю когда, но однажды это произойдёт. — odexed

    deIch weiß nicht, wann, aber irgendwann wird es passieren. — human600

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  3. I remember where, but I don't remember when.

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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. (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

  3. 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?

More meanings 3

  1. (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.

  2. (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

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

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

    когда́kogdá

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

neighbours in the dictionary
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