wie
Acehnese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiə/
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wie, from Old Dutch wie, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋi/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -i
German
Etymology
From Old High German hweo, hwio, instrumental case of hwer, hwaz, itself from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, *hwat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viː/
(file) - Rhymes: -iː
Adverb
wie
- how
- Wie groß bist du?
- How tall are you?
- Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist.
- I don't know how the cat got in.
- Wie wunderbar!
- How wonderful!
- Wie groß bist du?
Related terms
Conjunction
wie
- like
- Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht.
- Friends are like stars in the night.
- Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht.
- as
- Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen.
- As you know, I grew up in Dortmund.
- Ich bin so schnell wie du.
- I’m as fast as you are.
- Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen.
- (colloquial, nonstandard) than
- Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater.
- The boy is taller than his father.
- Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater.
- (chiefly colloquial) when (referring to the past)
- Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war.
- I saw him when I was in Cologne.
- Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund.
- When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me.
- Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch wie, from earlier wē, *hwē, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiə/, /wi/
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ê⁴
- IPA(key): /wiə/, /wiɛ/
Old Dutch
Etymology
From earlier wē, *hwē, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.
Pennsylvania German
Adverb
wie
- (interrogatory) how
- Wie weess mer as es warricklich Friehyaahr iss?
- How do we know that it really is spring?
- Wie weess mer as es warricklich Friehyaahr iss?
Plautdietsch
Antonyms
- ekj (I)
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