whence

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Translation of whence into German,

Adverb

1.

origin

Rare
from what place or origin
Rare
woher von wo
  • Whence did the mysterious traveler come?Woher kam der mysteriöse Reisende?
2.

cause

Rare
from what cause or reason
Rare
  • Whence arises this strange behavior?Woher rührt dieses seltsame Verhalten?

Pronoun

linguistics

Rare
from which location, starting point, or explanation something comes
Rare
woher von wo von welchem Ort aus welcher Quelle
  • Whence did this rumor come in the first place?Woher kam dieses Gerücht überhaupt?
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Synonyms and analogies of whence in English

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Examples of whence in a sentence

  • Whence came the inspiration for your novel?
  • Whence comes this sudden change in attitude?
  • Whence did you derive this peculiar idea?
  • Whence arises your sudden interest in medieval history?
  • The river returns to the sea, whence its waters once came.

Translations of "whence" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adverb / Other
woheradv.

In themselves they confirm whence come so many failures into the world.

Sie bestätigen selbst, woher die vielen Fehler in der Welt kommen.

von woadv.

Here is the place whence heaven and earth derive their being.

Hier ist der Ort von wo Himmel und Erde ihr Dasein ableiten.

worausadv.

Although there is nothing to object to here, the question remains whence the empirical proof will come.

Obwohl daran nichts auszusetzen ist, bleibt doch die Frage offen, woraus sich der empirische Nachweis ergibt.

weshalbadv.

Whence I, at the beginning, wept thereat.

Weshalb im Anfang ich darüber weinte.

von wannenadv.

to that place whence all beams come.

Dorthin, von wannen alle Strahlen stammen.

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Other translations for whence:

  • warumadv.

whence: Examples and translations in context

Ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

Ihr aber wisset nicht, woher ich komme oder wo ich hingehe.

Another is curtailed to its middle, the label whence begins.

Anderer wird bis zu seiner Mitte eingeschränkt, woher das Etikett anfängt.

Esteemed responses, I will not understand whence the negative undertook.

Achtete die Rezensionen, ich werde nicht verstehen woher das Negativ übernommen hat.

Then to take a last farewell and return to whence it came.

Dann ein letztes Lebewohl zu sagen und zurückzukehren, woher es kam.

Therefore you need not to ask, whence come the top speeds.

Da braucht man nicht zu fragen, woher die Höchstgeschwindigkeiten kommen.

People do not take into consideration whence comes this worm into being.

Die Menschen bedenken nicht, woher dieser Wurm kommt.

You can hear the whence and suspect a where.

Man hört das Woher und ahnt ein Wohin.

It shows him whence he comes and whither he goes.

Sie zeigt ihm, woher er kommt und wohin er geht.

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