weshalb
German
Etymology
Cognate with Dutch weshalve (obsolete).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛsˈhalp/, /ˈvɛshalp/
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Adverb
weshalb
- (interrogative) why
- (relative) which is why
- 1966, Otfried Preußler, Das kleine Gespenst:
- Dar war nicht der einzige Grund, weshalb das kleine Gespenst den Schlüsselbund ständig mit sich herumtrug.
- That was not the only reason why the little ghost always carried the bunch of keys around with him.
- Dar war nicht der einzige Grund, weshalb das kleine Gespenst den Schlüsselbund ständig mit sich herumtrug.
- 1966, Otfried Preußler, Das kleine Gespenst:
Further reading
- weshalb in Duden online
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