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1.(arch./literary)adverb woher2. conjunctionthe village whence comes the famous cheese — das Dorf, aus dem der berühmte Käse kommt
(to the place from which) dorthin, woher* * *[wens]* * *[(h)wen(t)s]\whence comes this lad? woher kommt dieser Junge?\whence does Parliament derive this power? woher nimmt das Parlament seine Macht?from \whence...? [von] woher...?his last years he spent in Rome, \whence he came seine letzten Jahre verbrachte er in Rom, seiner Heimatstadtthe Ural mountains, \whence the ore is procured der Ural, wo Eisen abgebaut wirdhe will be sent back \whence he came wir werden ihn dahin zurückschicken, wo er herkamfrom \whence... woher...it has been returned to the shop from \whence it came es wurde an das Geschäft zurückgeschickt, von dem es kam\whence it followed that... daraus folgte, dass...* * *[wens]adv2) (form)whence I conclude... — woraus ich schließe,...
* * *whence [wens; hwens] obs oder poetA adv1. (fragend)b) fig woher, woraus, wodurch, wie2. (relativ)a) woher, von wob) fig woraus, weshalbB konj1. (von) woher2. fig weshalb, und deshalb3. dahin, von wo:return whence you came geh wieder dahin, wo du hergekommen bist!C pron (relativ, auf Orte bezogen) welch(er, e, es):the country (from) whence she comes das Land, aus welchem sie kommt* * *1.(arch./literary)adverb woher2. conjunctionthe village whence comes the famous cheese — das Dorf, aus dem der berühmte Käse kommt
(to the place from which) dorthin, woher* * *adv.woher adv.
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