Luxembourgish

Noun

Wann f ‎(plural Wannen)

1. tub
2. winch

Synonyms

• (tub): Bidden
• (winch): Seelwann, Winsch

German

Etymology

From Old High German wanne, from Proto-Germanic *hwannē. Cognate with English when.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /van/
• Rhymes: -an

Adverb

wann

1. (interrogative, standard) when

   Wann kommt er? — “When will he arrive?”

   Ich weiß nicht, wann er kommt. — “I don’t know when he’ll arrive.”

2. (indefinite, colloquial) sometime

   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

Synonyms

• (sometime): irgendwann

Conjunction

wann

1. (archaic or dialectal) when; if

Derived terms

• wann immer (standard)

See also

• wenn

Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑn/, /ʋan/
• IPA^(key): /wanː/ (conservative Eastalbian)

Conjunction

wann

1. 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.

See also

• wannehr
• wenn

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German wanne, from Proto-Germanic *hwannē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn
• Homophone: Wann

Conjunction

wann

1. 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."

2. when
3. as soon as, when

Synonyms

• (as soon as): esoubal

Old English

Verb

wann

1. Alternative form of ƿann