warum
German (Berlin)
/vaˈʁʊm/, /ˈvaː.ʁʊm/
adv
Definitions
- why; for what reason
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wārumbe, wārumme inherited from Old High German wār umbe com from German wo (where) + German um (around, about, round, at, over).
Origin
German (Berlin)
um
Gloss
around, about, round, at, over
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Umvolkung German
- allwo German
- irgendwo German
- um German
- umbauen German
- umfallen German
- umformulieren German
- umkippen German
- umklappen German
- umlaufen German
- umlernen German
- umschulden German
- umschütten German
- umso German
- umsonst German
- umzingeln German
- wo German
- woher German
- wohin German
- womöglich German
- om Dutch, Flemish
- waar Dutch, Flemish
- waarom Dutch, Flemish
- hvordan Norwegian Bokmål
- waeromme Middle Dutch
- wār umbe Old High German
- umbe Middle High German
- wā Middle High German
- wārumbe, wārumme Middle High German