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Etymology
From OE. hwænne

Pronunciation
AHD|hw�n, IPA|/w�n/, SAMPA|/wEn/
audio|en-us-when.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|-�n

Homophones
wen (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Conjunction
when

1. at what time.

#:They were told when to sleep.

1. at such time as.

#:I�m happiest when I�m working.

1. as soon as.

#:I�ll do it when I get the time.

1. at a time in the past

#:It was raining when I came yesterday.

Translations

Bulgarian: кога (kogá)
Czech: kdy (1), když (2,4), až (3)
Danish: når (1,2,3), hvornår (1), da#Danish|da (4)
Dutch: t+|nl|wanneer
Esperanto: t-|eo|kiam|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: koska (1), milloin (1), kun (2, 3), heti kun (3)
French: quand (1,2), lorsque (2), dès que (3)
German: wann (1), wenn (2, 3), sobald (3), als (4)
Greek: t|el|���ε|scGrek (pote) (1), t|el|��αν|scGrek (otan) (2,3,4), �η ��ιγμή �ο� (ti stigmi pou) (3)
Hungarian: mikor (1, 2), amikor (2, 3), amint (3)
Ido: kande, kand
Indonesian: kapan, saat, jika
Irish (2, 3, 4) nuair
mid
Italian: t+|it|quando
Japanese: �� (��, itsu), � (��, toki)
Korean: �� (eonje)
Kurdish: t|ku|kengî, KUchar|ک���
Malagasy: rehefa (future)
Old English: þa|þ� (1,2,3)
Polish: t+|pl|kiedy
Portuguese: t+|pt|quando
Romanian: când (1,2,3), atunci când (2,3)
Russian: t+|ru|когда|trkogdá|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|cuando
Swedish: när (1,2,3), då (2,3)

Adverb
when
(used interrogatively, in either a direct or indirect question)

1. at what time.

#:When will they arrive? (direct question)
#:Do you know when they'll arrive? (indirect question)

Translations

Latin: t+|la|quando
Malagasy: ovìana (past), :mg:rahoviana|rahoviana (future)
Persian: fa-Arab|Ú©Û� (key)
Polish: t+|pl|kiedy
Portuguese: t+|pt|quando
Romanian: t-|ro|când
Russian: t+|ru|когда|trkogdá|scCyrl
Sindhi: SDchar|ڪ���
Spanish: t+|es|cuando
Swedish: t+|sv|när
Telugu: �ప�ప�డ� (eppuDu}
Xhosa: xa

Pronoun
when

1. context|interrogative what time; which time

#:Since when do I need your permission?

Translations

Bulgarian: кога (kogá)
Czech: t+|cs|kdy
Danish: hvornår
Dutch: t+|nl|wanneer
Esperanto: t-|eo|kiam|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|milloin
French: t+|fr|quand
German: t+|de|wann
Hungarian: t+|hu|mikor
Indonesian: kapan
mid
Japanese: �� (��, itsu)
Polish: t+|pl|kiedy
Portuguese: t+|pt|quando
Romanian: t-|ro|când
Russian: t+|ru|когда|trkogdá|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|cuando
Swedish: t+|sv|när

Noun
en-noun|-

1. The time.

#:A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

Translations

Bulgarian: кога�а (kogáta)
Czech: t+|cs|kdy
Danish: hvornår
Esperanto: t-|eo|kiam|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|milloin
French: t+|fr|quand|m
German: t-|de|Wann|n
Hungarian: t+|hu|mikor
Indonesian: kapan
mid
Japanese: �� (��, itsu)
Polish: t+|pl|kiedy
Portuguese: t+|pt|quando
Romanian: atunci când
Spanish: el cuando
Vietnamese: khi nào

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