wie

• IPA^(key): /wiə/

wie

1. left (direction)

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Middle Dutch wie, from Old Dutch wie, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

• IPA^(key): /ʋi/

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• Rhymes: -i

wie

1. (interrogative and relative, subjective or objective) who, whom

• wiens
• wier

• wei

From Old High German hweo, hwio, instrumental case of hwer, hwaz, itself from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, *hwat.

• IPA^(key): /viː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

wie

1. 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!

• wieso
• wie dem auch sei
• wie geht es

wie

1. like

   Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht.

   Friends are like stars in the night.

2. 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.

3. (colloquial, nonstandard) than

   Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater.

   The boy is taller than his father.

4. (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.

• (when, than): als (more properly standard)

From Old Dutch wie, from earlier wē, *hwē, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

• IPA^(key): /wiə/, /wi/

wie

1. who

• Dutch: wie
• Limburgish: wae

• “wie (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “wie (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• Stem vowel: ê⁴
  • IPA^(key): /wiə/, /wiɛ/

wie

1. (interrogative pronoun) Alternative form of wê.
2. (personal pronoun) Alternative form of wî.

From earlier wē, *hwē, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

wie

1. who

• uuie
• wē

• Middle Dutch: wie
  • Dutch: wie
  • Limburgish: wae

• “wie (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Compare German wie.

wie

1. (interrogatory) how

   Wie weess mer as es warricklich Friehyaahr iss?

   How do we know that it really is spring?

wie

1. we

   Wäa wie sent.

   Who we are.

• ekj (I)

• wäa (who)
• wieda (further)
• ons (our)
• dü (you, thou)
• hee (he)
• see (she)
• jie (you)
• see (they)

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words

• IPA^(key): /vʲɛ/

wie

1. third-person singular present of wiedzieć