# wann
## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German wanne, Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Cognate with English when.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /van/
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* Rhymes: -an

### Adverb

wann
* (interrogative, standard) when
    Wann kommt er?When will he arrive?
    Ich weiß nicht, wann er kommt.I don’t know when he’ll arrive.
* (indefinite, colloquial) sometime
    Synonym: irgendwann
    Das sollten wir mal wann besprechen, wenn alle da sind.We should discuss this sometime that everybody’s present.

#### Derived terms

* dann und wann
* wann anders

### Conjunction

wann
* (archaic or dialectal) when; if

#### Derived terms

* wann immer (“whenever”) (standard)

### See also

* wenn

### Further reading

* “wann” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “wann” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “wann”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

## Hunsrik
### Alternative forms

* wan (Wiesemann spelling system)

### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Compare German wann, English when.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /van/

### Adverb

wann
* (interrogatory) when
    Wann gehm-mer fort?When are we leaving?

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German wan, from Old Saxon hwan (“when”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”).
Related to wannehr and wenn, Dutch wanneer and wen, High German wann and wenn, English when.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɑn/, /ʋan/
* IPA: /wanː/ (conservative Eastalbian)

### Conjunction

wann
* when (wannehr is sometimes used with this meaning as well)
    Ik weet nich, wann he kamen deit.I don't know when he'll come.

## Luxembourgish
### Alternative forms

* wa (before non-alveolar consonants)

### Etymology

From Middle High German wan, wanne, from Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɑn/
* Rhymes: -ɑn
* Homophone: Wann

### Conjunction

wann
* if
** Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 4:6:
    Hie sot zu him: "Wann s du dem Herrgott säi Jong bass, da gehei dech hei erof! Et steet nämlech geschriwwen: Wéinst denger gëtt hien sengen Engelen den Uerder, an si droen dech op den Hänn, fir datt s du dir de Fouss net un engem Stee stéiss."He said to him: "If you are the Son of God, then throw yourself down! For it is written: He will give his angels charge concerning you, and they will bear you in their hands, so that you do not strike your foot on a stone."
* when
* as soon as, when

#### Synonyms

* (if): falls
* (as soon as): esoubal

#### Related terms

* wéini

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* wan, wonn

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɔnn/, [wɔn]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wann (“dark”), of uncertain origin, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to lessen”). Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”).

#### Adjective

wann
* dark
** Beowulf, ll. 702-3:
    Com on wanre niht / scriðan sceadugenga.The shadow-walker came slithering from the dark night.

##### Descendants

* Middle English: wan, wane, wanne, won, wonne, wone
** English: wan
** Scots: wan

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

wann
* first/third-person singular past indicative of winnan

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “wan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German wanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Compare German wann, English when.

#### Adverb

wann
* (interrogatory) when
* (relative) when

### Etymology 2

Compare German wenn.

#### Conjunction

wann
* when
* if