Standard Lemma guide

when

adv · conj · intj · noun · pron · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwɛn/
  • [ˈwɛn]
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈwɪn/
  • pin-pen-merger: [ˈwɪn]
  • /ˈʍɛn/
  • [ˈʍɛn]
  • /ˈw̥ɛn/
  • [ˈw̥ɛn]
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈʍɪn/
  • [ˈʍɪn]
  • /ˈw̥ɪn/
  • pin-pen-merger: [ˈw̥ɪn]
  • rhymes with -ɛn
  • homophone: wen (wine–whine merger)
  • homophone: win
  • homophone: winne
  • homophone: wynn (wine–whine merger, pin–pen merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH W EH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: W IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 4: HH W IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: interrogative, not-comparable

Examples

  • When will they arrive?
  • Do you know when they arrived?
  • I don't know when they arrived.
  • When they arrived is unknown.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

Used after a noun or noun phrase in isolation to express impatience with an anticipated future event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, humorous, interrogative, not-comparable, often

Examples

  • The site's all bugged. Fix when?
  • Tank class buff when?
  • My fridge even restocks itself these days. Glorious AI overlords when?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, relative

Examples

  • That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
  • Not a week goes by when I don't mourn that loss.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adv

Meaning 5

The time at, on or during which.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: fused relative

Examples

  • I recall when they were called the Greys.
  • Next year is when we elect a new mayor.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adv

Meaning 6

A circumstance or situation in which.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable

Examples

  • Love is when you can't get enough of someone.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

conj

Meaning 7

At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Pavlov's dogs salivate when [i.e. at any and every time that] they hear a bell.
  • When [i.e. at any and every time that] he speaks to her, he is always polite.
  • Put your pencil down when [i.e. as soon as, at the moment that] the timer goes off.
  • A player wins when [as soon as, or at any time that, if] she has four cards of the same suit.
  • A student is disqualified when [as soon as, if] they cheat.
  • Don't forget to signal when (you are) turning right.
  • When she'd written her letters, she did some gardening.
  • Jose, when he finally managed to go to sleep, had a series of bad dreams.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

conj

Meaning 8

During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They dream when [i.e. during the time that] they sleep.
  • I'm happiest when [during the time that, or at any time that] I’m working.
  • It was raining when I came yesterday.
  • The game is over when the referee says it is.
  • Be careful when crossing the street.
  • When (you are) angry, count to ten before speaking or acting.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

conj

Meaning 9

At what time; at which time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal.
  • I was just walking down the street, when [i.e. at which time] all of a sudden it started to rain.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

conj

Meaning 10

Since; given the fact that; considering that.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

conj

Meaning 11

Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • You're picking at your scabs when you should be letting them heal.
  • He keeps changing things when the existing system works perfectly well.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

intj

Meaning 12

That's enough: a command asking someone to stop adding something, especially an ingredient or portion of food or drink; used in, or as if in, literal response to 'Say when'.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, often

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

intj

Meaning 13

Expressing impatience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

The time at which something happens.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

pron

Meaning 15

What time; which time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: interrogative

Examples

  • Since when do I need your permission?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English when(ne), whan(ne), from Old English hwonne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannē, from Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“at what time, when”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwís (interrogative base). Cognate with Scots whan (“when”), Dutch wanneer (“when”), wan (“when”) and wen (“when, if”), Low German wannehr (“when”), wann (“when”) and wenn (“if, when”), German wann (“when”) and wenn (“when, if”), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan, “when, how”), Latin quandō (“when”). More at who. Interjection sense: a playful misunderstanding of "say when" (i.e. say something / speak up when you want me to stop) as "say [the word] when".

Across languages

Translations

660 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wanneer — at what time, as a direct question
  • Akkadian: inūma — at what time, as a direct question
  • Albanian: kur — at what time, as a direct question
  • Southern Altai: качан (kačan) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chungli Ao: kodang — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: مَتَى (matā) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chadian Arabic: متى (mata) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: إمتى (ʔemta) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: متى (meta, mita) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: متى (mita) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: امتى (imta) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: فوقتاش (fwaqtāš, fūqtāš) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: فوقاش (fawqāš, fūqāš) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: فوقاه (fawqāh, fūqāh) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: وقتاه (waqtāh) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: معاش (mʕāš) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: إيمتى (ēmta, aymata) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: إيمتى (ēmta) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: ونتى (wenta) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Arabic: وقتيش (waʔtēš) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Armenian: երբ (erb) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Aromanian: cãndu — at what time, as a direct question
  • Assamese: কেতিয়া (ketia) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Asturian: cuándo — at what time, as a direct question
  • Azerbaijani: haçan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Azerbaijani: nə vaxt — at what time, as a direct question
  • Azerbaijani: nə zaman — at what time, as a direct question
  • Azerbaijani: havaxt — at what time, as a direct question
  • Bashkir: ҡасан (qasan) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Basque: noiz — at what time, as a direct question
  • Belarusian: калі́ (kalí) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Bengali: কখন (kokhon) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Bengali: কবে (kobe) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Bhojpuri: कब (kab) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Central Bikol: nuarin — at what time, as a direct question
  • Central Bikol: kasuarin — at what time, as a direct question
  • Breton: pegoulz — at what time, as a direct question
  • Bulgarian: кога́ (kogá) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Burmese: ဘယ်တော့ (bhaitau.) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Burmese: ဘယ်တုန်းက (bhaitun:ka.) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кідь (kidʹ) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Catalan: quan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⴷ (man akud) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⴰⵏⴰⴳⵓ (managu) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⴰⵏⵜⵓⵔ (mantur) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⵍⵎⵉ (mlmi) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chamicuro: na'kolyaye — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chechen: маца (maca) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chickasaw: kati̱hkaash — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chickasaw: kati̱hkmak — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinese Cantonese: 幾時 /几时 (gei2 si4) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinese Cantonese: 何時 /何时 (ho4 si4) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinese: дуәхур (duəhur) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinese: 啥物時陣 /啥物时阵 (sián-mih sî-chūn, sián-mi̍h sî-chūn) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinese: 當時 /当时 (tang-sî) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinese: 底時 /底时 (tī-sî) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinese: 啥時 /啥时 (sián-sî) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甚麼時候 /什麼時候 /什么时候 (shénme shíhòu) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinese Mandarin: 何時 /何时 (héshí) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Wu Chinese: 啥辰光 — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinook Jargon: qhənchi — at what time, as a direct question
  • Chinook Jargon: kunsih — at what time, as a direct question
  • Ngazidja Comorian: nɗi — at what time, as a direct question
  • Cornish: p'eur — at what time, as a direct question
  • Czech: kdy — at what time, as a direct question
  • Dalmatian: cand — at what time, as a direct question
  • Danish: hvornår — at what time, as a direct question
  • Dutch: wanneer — at what time, as a direct question
  • Old Dutch: wanne — at what time, as a direct question
  • Old Dutch: wan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Elfdalian: ną̊r — at what time, as a direct question
  • Esperanto: kiam — at what time, as a direct question
  • Estonian: millal — at what time, as a direct question
  • Estonian: kunas — at what time, as a direct question
  • Faroese: nær — at what time, as a direct question
  • Finnish: milloin — at what time, as a direct question
  • Finnish: koska — at what time, as a direct question
  • French: quand — at what time, as a direct question
  • Old French: quant — at what time, as a direct question
  • Old Frisian: hwenne — at what time, as a direct question
  • West-Frisian: wannear — at what time, as a direct question
  • Friulian: cuant — at what time, as a direct question
  • Friulian: cuand — at what time, as a direct question
  • Galician: cando — at what time, as a direct question
  • Georgian: როდის (rodis) — at what time, as a direct question
  • German: wann — at what time, as a direct question
  • Old High German: wanne — at what time, as a direct question
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Greek: πότε (póte) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Ancient Greek: πότε (póte) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Ancient Greek: πῆμος (pêmos) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Ancient Greek: πηνίκα (pēníka) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Greenlandic: qanga — at what time, as a direct question
  • Greenlandic: qaqugu — at what time, as a direct question
  • Haitian Creole: kan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Hebrew: מָתַי (matay) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Hebrew: באיזו שעה (b'éizo sha'á) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Hindi: कब (kab) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Hungarian: mikor — at what time, as a direct question
  • Hunsrik: wann — at what time, as a direct question
  • Icelandic: hvenær — at what time, as a direct question
  • Ido: kande — at what time, as a direct question
  • Ilocano: kanno — at what time, as a direct question
  • Indonesian: kapan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Irish: cathain — at what time, as a direct question
  • Irish: cá huair — at what time, as a direct question
  • Irish: cén uair — at what time, as a direct question
  • Old Irish: cuin — at what time, as a direct question
  • Italian: quando — at what time, as a direct question
  • Japanese: 何時 (itsu) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Japanese: いつ (itsu) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Kankanaey: tongona — at what time, as a direct question
  • Kankanaey: eg-an — at what time, as a direct question
  • Kapampangan: kapilan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Karelian: konsa — at what time, as a direct question
  • Karelian: konza — at what time, as a direct question
  • Karelian: konža — at what time, as a direct question
  • Kashubian: czedë — at what time, as a direct question
  • Kazakh: қашан (qaşan) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Khmer: អង្កាល់ណា (ʼɑɑʼɑngkal naa) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Khmer: អង្កាល (ʼɑɑʼɑngkaal) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Khmer: កាលណា (kaal naa) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Khmer: វេលាណា (veiliə naa) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Khmer: ពេលណា (peil naa) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Konkani: केद्ना (kednā) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Korean: 언제 (eonje) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Krio: ustem — at what time, as a direct question
  • Australian Kriol: wotaim — at what time, as a direct question
  • Central Kurdish: کەی (key) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Northern Kurdish: kengî — at what time, as a direct question
  • Kyrgyz: качан (kacan) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Lao: ເມື່ອໃດ (mư̄a dai) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Latgalian: kod — at what time, as a direct question
  • Latin: quandō — at what time, as a direct question
  • Latin: ubi — at what time, as a direct question
  • Latvian: kad — at what time, as a direct question
  • Lithuanian: kada — at what time, as a direct question
  • Macedonian: кога (koga) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Malagasy: ovìana — at what time, as a direct question
  • Malagasy: rahoviana — at what time, as a direct question
  • Malay: bila — at what time, as a direct question
  • Malay: kapan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Malayalam: എപ്പോൾ (eppōḷ) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Manchu: ᠠᡨᠠᡢᡤᡳ — at what time, as a direct question
  • Māori: inahea — at what time, as a direct question
  • Māori: nōnahea — at what time, as a direct question
  • Māori: āhea — at what time, as a direct question
  • Mauritian Creole: kan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Middle English: whan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Central Sierra Miwok: uṭum — at what time, as a direct question
  • Mizo: eng tikah — at what time, as a direct question
  • Mongolian: хэзээ (xezee) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Mongolian: хэдийд (xediid) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Navajo: hádą́ą́ʼ — at what time, as a direct question
  • Navajo: hahgo — at what time, as a direct question
  • Navajo: hahgoshąʼ — at what time, as a direct question
  • Neapolitan: quanno — at what time, as a direct question
  • Nepali: कहिले (kahile) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Norman: quaend — at what time, as a direct question
  • Norwegian: når — at what time, as a direct question
  • Occitan: quand — at what time, as a direct question
  • Old English: hwonne — at what time, as a direct question
  • Old Saxon: hwanne — at what time, as a direct question
  • Ossetian: кӕд (kæd) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Persian: کی (key) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Polish: kiedy — at what time, as a direct question
  • Polish: gdy — at what time, as a direct question
  • Portuguese: quando — at what time, as a direct question
  • Réunion Creole French: kansa — at what time, as a direct question
  • Romanian: când — at what time, as a direct question
  • Russian: когда́ (kogdá) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Sanskrit: कदा (kadā́) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Sardinian: cando — at what time, as a direct question
  • Sardinian: canno — at what time, as a direct question
  • Sardinian: candu — at what time, as a direct question
  • Sardinian: candho — at what time, as a direct question
  • Scots: whan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuin — at what time, as a direct question
  • Serbo-Croatian: када — at what time, as a direct question
  • Serbo-Croatian: kada — at what time, as a direct question
  • Shan: မိူဝ်ႈလႂ် (mōe lǎue) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Shor: қачан (qaçan) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Sindhi: ڪڏهن (kḏh̃) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Sinhalese: කවදා (kawadā) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Slovak: kedy — at what time, as a direct question
  • Slovene: kdáj — at what time, as a direct question
  • Lower Sorbian: gdy — at what time, as a direct question
  • Lower Sorbian: ga — at what time, as a direct question
  • Spanish: cuándo — at what time, as a direct question
  • Sundanese: iraha — at what time, as a direct question
  • Swahili: lini — at what time, as a direct question
  • Swedish: när — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tagalog: kailan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tahitian: afea — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tahitian: anafea — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tahitian: ahea — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tahitian: inafea — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tahitian: 'i anafea — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tajik: кай (kay) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tamil: எப்பொழுது (eppoḻutu) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tamil: எப்போது (eppōtu) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Telugu: ఎప్పుడు (eppuḍu) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Thai: เมื่อไหร่ — at what time, as a direct question
  • Thai: เมื่อไร (mʉ̂ʉa-rai) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Thai: เมื่อใด — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tocharian B: ente — at what time, as a direct question
  • Tooro: di — at what time, as a direct question
  • Turkish: ne zaman — at what time, as a direct question
  • Turkmen: haçan — at what time, as a direct question
  • Ukrainian: коли́ (kolý) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Urdu: کب (kab) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Uyghur: قاچان (qachan) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Uzbek: qachon — at what time, as a direct question
  • Venetan: cuando — at what time, as a direct question
  • Vietnamese: khi nào — at what time, as a direct question
  • Vietnamese: bao giờ — at what time, as a direct question
  • Waray-Waray: san-o — at what time, as a direct question
  • Waray-Waray: kan-o — at what time, as a direct question
  • Welsh: pryd — at what time, as a direct question
  • Wolof: kañ — at what time, as a direct question
  • Xhosa: xa — at what time, as a direct question
  • Yaghnobi: кад (kad) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Yakut: хаһан (qahan) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Yiddish: ווען (ven) — at what time, as a direct question
  • Yup'ik: qangvaq — at what time, as a direct question
  • Yup'ik: qaku — at what time, as a direct question
  • Zealandic: 'oeneer — at what time, as a direct question
  • Zhuang: seizlawz — at what time, as a direct question
  • Bashkir: ҡасан (qasan) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Central Bikol: kun nuarin — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Central Bikol: kun kasuarin — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Catalan: quan — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Chechen: маца (maca) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Chinese Cantonese: 幾時 /几时 (gei2 si4) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Chinese: 啥物時陣 /啥物时阵 (sián-mih sî-chūn, sián-mi̍h sî-chūn) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Chinese: 當時 /当时 (tang-sî) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Chinese: 底時 /底时 (tī-sî) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Chinese: 啥時 /啥时 (sián-sî) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甚麼時候 /什麼時候 /什么时候 (shénme shíhòu) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Czech: kdy — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Dutch: wanneer — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Esperanto: kiam — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Faroese: nær — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Finnish: milloin — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Finnish: koska — at what time, as an indirect question
  • French: quand — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Old French: quant — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Georgian: როდის (rodis) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • German: wann — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Greek: πότε (póte) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Ancient Greek: ὁπότε (hopóte) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Ancient Greek: πότε (póte) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Ancient Greek: ὁπηνίκα (hopēníka) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Ancient Greek: πηνίκα (pēníka) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Hindi: कब (kab) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Hungarian: amikor — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Ilocano: no kanno — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Indonesian: kapan — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Kankanaey: tongona — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Kankanaey: eg-an — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Kapampangan: nung kapilan — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Karelian: konsa — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Karelian: konza — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Karelian: konža — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Latin: quando — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Latvian: kad — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Malay: bila — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Malay: kapan — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Middle English: whan — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Norman: quaend — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Portuguese: quando — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Russian: когда́ (kogdá) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Sanskrit: कदा (kadā́) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuin — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Lower Sorbian: ga — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Spanish: cuándo — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Swedish: när — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Tagalog: kung kailan — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Tamil: எப்பொழுது (eppoḻutu) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Tamil: எப்போது (eppōtu) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Turkish: ne zaman — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Ukrainian: коли́ (kolý) — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Venetan: cuando — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Venetan: co — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Venetan: có — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Venetan: con — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Vietnamese: bao giờ — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Welsh: pryd — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Zealandic: 'oeneer-a — at what time, as an indirect question
  • Finnish: ennen — at an earlier time and under different circumstances
  • Finnish: ennen vanhaan — at an earlier time and under different circumstances
  • Kankanaey: idi — at an earlier time and under different circumstances
  • Tamil: பொழுது (poḻutu) — at an earlier time and under different circumstances
  • Finnish: jolloin — at which, on which, during which
  • Finnish: kun — at which, on which, during which
  • German: als — at which, on which, during which
  • German: wenn — at which, on which, during which
  • German: wo — at which, on which, during which
  • Hindi: जब (jab) — at which, on which, during which
  • Indonesian: ketika — at which, on which, during which
  • Russian: когда́ (kogdá) — at which, on which, during which
  • Scottish Gaelic: nuair — at which, on which, during which
  • Tagalog: kung kailan — at which, on which, during which
  • Tamil: அப்பொழுது (appoḻutu) — at which, on which, during which
  • Tamil: அப்போது (appōtu) — at which, on which, during which
  • Welsh: pan — at which, on which, during which
  • Indonesian: saat — the time at, on or during which
  • Russian: когда́ (kogdá) — the time at, on or during which
  • Indonesian: saat — a circumstance or situation in which
  • Russian: когда́ (kogdá) — a circumstance or situation in which
  • Southern Altai: качан (kačan) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Chungli Ao: kodang — as soon as, at the time that
  • Armenian: երբ (erb) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Belizean Creole: wen — as soon as, at the time that
  • Bengali: যখন (jokhon) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Bengali: যখনই (jôkhôni) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Bengali: যেই (jei) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Bulgarian: кога́то (kogáto) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Catalan: quan — as soon as, at the time that
  • Chinese Mandarin: 當 /当 (dāng) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Czech: až — as soon as, at the time that
  • Danish: når — as soon as, at the time that
  • Dutch: als — as soon as, at the time that
  • Dutch: wanneer — as soon as, at the time that
  • Dutch: zodra — as soon as, at the time that
  • Esperanto: kiam — as soon as, at the time that
  • Estonian: kui — as soon as, at the time that
  • Faroese: tá — as soon as, at the time that
  • Finnish: kun — as soon as, at the time that
  • French: dès que — as soon as, at the time that
  • Georgian: როდესაც (rodesac) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Georgian: როცა (roca) — as soon as, at the time that
  • German: wenn — as soon as, at the time that
  • German: sobald — as soon as, at the time that
  • Greek: όταν (ótan) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Greek: αφού (afoú) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Hebrew: כש־ (kshe-) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Hunsrik: wenn — as soon as, at the time that
  • Icelandic: þegar — as soon as, at the time that
  • Indonesian: ketika — as soon as, at the time that
  • Irish: nuair — as soon as, at the time that
  • Italian: quando — as soon as, at the time that
  • Japanese: ...した時 (...shita toki) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Japanese: ...したとき (...shita toki) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Japanese: ...したら (...shitara) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Kankanaey: idi — as soon as, at the time that
  • Kumyk: къачан (qaçan) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Kyrgyz: качан (kacan) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Latvian: kad — as soon as, at the time that
  • Macedonian: кога (koga) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Macedonian: штом (štom) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Māori: i a — as soon as, at the time that
  • Eastern Mari: гын (gyn) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Mauritian Creole: kan — as soon as, at the time that
  • Middle English: whan — as soon as, at the time that
  • Nepali: तब (taba) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Norwegian: når — as soon as, at the time that
  • Old English: þā — as soon as, at the time that
  • Old English: þonne — as soon as, at the time that
  • Polish: gdy — as soon as, at the time that
  • Polish: kiedy — as soon as, at the time that
  • Portuguese: quando — as soon as, at the time that
  • Portuguese: assim que — as soon as, at the time that
  • Romanian: când — as soon as, at the time that
  • Russian: когда́ (kogdá) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Scots: whan — as soon as, at the time that
  • Scottish Gaelic: nuair — as soon as, at the time that
  • Slovak: keď — as soon as, at the time that
  • Slovak: až — as soon as, at the time that
  • Spanish: cuando — as soon as, at the time that
  • Spanish: al — as soon as, at the time that
  • Spanish: en que — as soon as, at the time that
  • Swedish: när — as soon as, at the time that
  • Swedish: då — as soon as, at the time that
  • Tagalog: kapag — as soon as, at the time that
  • Tagalog: pagka- — as soon as, at the time that
  • Tamil: உடனே (uṭaṉē) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Tocharian B: ente — as soon as, at the time that
  • Ukrainian: коли́ (kolý) — as soon as, at the time that
  • Venetan: co — as soon as, at the time that
  • Venetan: có — as soon as, at the time that
  • Venetan: con — as soon as, at the time that
  • Welsh: pan — as soon as, at the time that
  • Southern Altai: качан (kačan) — during the time that
  • Arabic: عِنْدَمَا (ʕindamā) — during the time that
  • Arabic: لَمَّا (lammā) — during the time that
  • Arabic: حِينَ (ḥīna) — during the time that
  • Arabic: إِذ (ʔiḏ) — during the time that
  • Arabic: لَمَّا (lamma) — during the time that
  • Najdi Arabic: يوم (yōm) — during the time that
  • Arabic: لَمَّا (lamma) — during the time that
  • Armenian: երբ (erb) — during the time that
  • Asturian: cuando — during the time that
  • Bengali: যখন (jokhon) — during the time that
  • Chinese Cantonese: [...]嘅時候 /[...]嘅时候 (ge3 si4 hau6) — during the time that
  • Chinese Mandarin: ...的時候 /...的时候 (... de shihou) — during the time that
  • Ngazidja Comorian: esa — during the time that
  • Czech: když — during the time that
  • Danish: når — during the time that
  • Dutch: als — during the time that
  • Dutch: wanneer — during the time that
  • Egyptian: x*t:f (ḫft) — during the time that
  • Esperanto: kiam — during the time that
  • Esperanto: dum — during the time that
  • Estonian: kui — during the time that
  • Faroese: tá — during the time that
  • Finnish: kun — during the time that
  • French: lorsque — during the time that
  • French: quand — during the time that
  • Georgian: როდესაც (rodesac) — during the time that
  • German: wenn — during the time that
  • German: als — during the time that
  • Greek: όταν (ótan) — during the time that
  • Ancient Greek: ὅταν (hótan) — during the time that
  • Hebrew: כאשר (ka'asher) — during the time that
  • Hindi: जब (jab) — during the time that
  • Hunsrik: als — during the time that
  • Hunsrik: wie — during the time that
  • Icelandic: þegar — during the time that
  • Ilocano: no — during the time that
  • Indonesian: ketika — during the time that
  • Irish: nuair — during the time that
  • Italian: quando — during the time that
  • Japanese: ...の時 (...no toki) — during the time that
  • Japanese: ...のとき (...no toki) — during the time that
  • Kankanaey: no — during the time that
  • Kankanaey: mo — during the time that
  • Kumyk: къачан (qaçan) — during the time that
  • Kyrgyz: качан (kacan) — during the time that
  • Lao: ເມື່ອ (mư̄a) — during the time that
  • Lao: ພໍ (phǭ) — during the time that
  • Latvian: kad — during the time that
  • Macedonian: кога (koga) — during the time that
  • Malay: semasa — during the time that
  • Māori: a hei — during the time that
  • Middle English: whan — during the time that
  • Neapolitan: quanno — during the time that
  • Norman: quaend — during the time that
  • Norwegian: når — during the time that
  • Old English: þā — during the time that
  • Old English: þonne — during the time that
  • Polish: gdy — during the time that
  • Portuguese: quando — during the time that
  • Romanian: când — during the time that
  • Russian: когда́ (kogdá) — during the time that
  • Sanskrit: यदा (yadā́) — during the time that
  • Scots: whan — during the time that
  • Scottish Gaelic: nuair — during the time that
  • Shan: မိူဝ်ႈ (mōe) — during the time that
  • Slovak: keď — during the time that
  • Spanish: cuando — during the time that
  • Sundanese: basa — during the time that
  • Swedish: när — during the time that
  • Swedish: då — during the time that
  • Tagalog: kapag — during the time that
  • Tamil: பொழுது (poḻutu) — during the time that
  • Thai: ขณะที่ (kà-nà têe) — during the time that
  • Thai: เมื่อ (mʉ̂ʉa) — during the time that
  • Thai: ครั้น (krán) — during the time that
  • Thai: พอ (pɔɔ) — during the time that
  • Ukrainian: коли́ (kolý) — during the time that
  • Urdu: جب (jab) — during the time that
  • Venetan: co — during the time that
  • Venetan: có — during the time that
  • Venetan: con — during the time that
  • Vietnamese: khi — during the time that
  • Welsh: tra — during the time that
  • Welsh: pan — during the time that
  • Welsh: amser — during the time that
  • Yiddish: אַז (az) — during the time that
  • Albanian: kur — at what time; at which time
  • Southern Altai: качан (kačan) — at what time; at which time
  • Arabic: مَتَى (matā) — at what time; at which time
  • Armenian: երբ (erb) — at what time; at which time
  • Aromanian: cãndu — at what time; at which time
  • Assamese: যেতিয়া (zetia) — at what time; at which time
  • Assamese: কেতিয়া (ketia) — at what time; at which time
  • Asturian: cuando — at what time; at which time
  • Azerbaijani: o vaxt ki — at what time; at which time
  • Azerbaijani: o zaman ki — at what time; at which time
  • Azerbaijani: -əndə — at what time; at which time
  • Belarusian: калі́ (kalí) — at what time; at which time
  • Bengali: যখন (jokhon) — at what time; at which time
  • Central Bikol: nuarin — at what time; at which time
  • Central Bikol: kasuarin — at what time; at which time
  • Bulgarian: кога́то (kogáto) — at what time; at which time
  • Chechen: маца (maca) — at what time; at which time
  • Cherokee: ᎯᎳᏳᎢ (hilayui) — at what time; at which time
  • Chinese Cantonese: 幾時 /几时 (gei2 si4) — at what time; at which time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 什麼時候 /什么时候 (shénme shíhòu) — at what time; at which time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幾時 /几时 (jǐshí) — at what time; at which time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 何時 /何时 (héshí) — at what time; at which time
  • Czech: kdy — at what time; at which time
  • Danish: hvornår — at what time; at which time
  • Dutch: wanneer — at what time; at which time
  • Esperanto: kiam — at what time; at which time
  • Estonian: millal — at what time; at which time
  • Faroese: nær — at what time; at which time
  • Finnish: jolloin — at what time; at which time
  • French: quand — at what time; at which time
  • Friulian: cuant — at what time; at which time
  • Friulian: cuand — at what time; at which time
  • Georgian: როდისთვის (rodistvis) — at what time; at which time
  • German: wenn — at what time; at which time
  • German: als — at what time; at which time
  • Greek: πότε (póte) — at what time; at which time
  • Ancient Greek: ὅτε (hóte) — at what time; at which time
  • Ancient Greek: ὅκα (hóka) — at what time; at which time
  • Ancient Greek: ὄτα (óta) — at what time; at which time
  • Hebrew: מתי (matay) — at what time; at which time
  • Hindi: जब (jab) — at what time; at which time
  • Hindi: कब (kab) — at what time; at which time
  • Hindi: यदा (yadā) — at what time; at which time
  • Indonesian: ketika — at what time; at which time
  • Indonesian: saat — at what time; at which time
  • Irish: nuair — at what time; at which time
  • Old Irish: a — at what time; at which time
  • Italian: quando — at what time; at which time
  • Japanese: 何時 (itsu) — at what time; at which time
  • Japanese: いつ (itsu) — at what time; at which time
  • Korean: 언제 (eonje) — at what time; at which time
  • Kumyk: къачан (qaçan) — at what time; at which time
  • Kyrgyz: качан (kacan) — at what time; at which time
  • Lao: ເມື່ອ (mư̄a) — at what time; at which time
  • Latin: quandō — at what time; at which time
  • Latvian: kad — at what time; at which time
  • Macedonian: кога (koga) — at what time; at which time
  • Malay: masa — at what time; at which time
  • Māori: iwhea nonawhea āwhea — at what time; at which time
  • Middle English: whan — at what time; at which time
  • Norman: quaend — at what time; at which time
  • Norwegian: når — at what time; at which time
  • Old English: þā — at what time; at which time
  • Persian: وقتی (vaqti) — at what time; at which time
  • Persian: وقتی که (vaqti ke) — at what time; at which time
  • Persian: زمانی که (zamâni ke) — at what time; at which time
  • Persian: در زمان (dar zamân-e) — at what time; at which time
  • Persian: به هنگام (be hangâm-e) — at what time; at which time
  • Persian: هنگامی که (hangâmi ke) — at what time; at which time
  • Persian: چون (čon) — at what time; at which time
  • Polish: kiedy — at what time; at which time
  • Portuguese: quando — at what time; at which time
  • Romanian: când — at what time; at which time
  • Russian: когда́ (kogdá) — at what time; at which time
  • Russian: в то вре́мя как (v to vrémja kak) — at what time; at which time
  • Sanskrit: यदा (yadā́) — at what time; at which time
  • Sardinian: cando — at what time; at which time
  • Sardinian: canno — at what time; at which time
  • Sardinian: candu — at what time; at which time
  • Sardinian: candho — at what time; at which time
  • Scots: whan — at what time; at which time
  • Scottish Gaelic: nuair — at what time; at which time
  • Serbo-Croatian: када — at what time; at which time
  • Serbo-Croatian: kada — at what time; at which time
  • Shan: မိူဝ်ႈ (mōe) — at what time; at which time
  • Slovak: kedy — at what time; at which time
  • Slovene: ko — at what time; at which time
  • Spanish: cuando — at what time; at which time
  • Swedish: när — at what time; at which time
  • Tamil: பொழுது (poḻutu) — at what time; at which time
  • Tamil: அப்பொழுது (appoḻutu) — at what time; at which time
  • Thai: เมื่อ (mêua) — at what time; at which time
  • Ukrainian: коли́ (kolý) — at what time; at which time
  • Urdu: جب (jab) — at what time; at which time
  • Vietnamese: khi nào — at what time; at which time
  • Vietnamese: khi — at what time; at which time
  • Vietnamese: lúc nào — at what time; at which time
  • Vietnamese: bao giờ — at what time; at which time
  • Welsh: pan — at what time; at which time
  • Yiddish: ווען (ven) — at what time; at which time
  • Zealandic: 'oeneer-a — at what time; at which time
  • Finnish: kun — since; given the fact that; considering that
  • Indonesian: jika — since; given the fact that; considering that
  • Old English: þonne — since; given the fact that; considering that
  • Old English: mid þȳ þe — since; given the fact that; considering that
  • Scottish Gaelic: on — since; given the fact that; considering that
  • Tagalog: kung — since; given the fact that; considering that
  • Tamil: பொழுது (poḻutu) — since; given the fact that; considering that
  • Vietnamese: khi — since; given the fact that; considering that
  • Welsh: os — since; given the fact that; considering that
  • Finnish: vaikka — whereas; although; in spite of the fact that
  • Finnish: kun — whereas; although; in spite of the fact that
  • Indonesian: padahal — whereas; although; in spite of the fact that
  • Scottish Gaelic: ged — whereas; although; in spite of the fact that
  • Welsh: tra — whereas; although; in spite of the fact that
  • Welsh: pan — whereas; although; in spite of the fact that
  • Bengali: ব্যাস (bêś) — that's enough
  • Chinese Mandarin: 够了 (gòu le) — that's enough
  • Finnish: sitten — that's enough
  • Finnish: riittää — that's enough
  • Icelandic: takk — that's enough
  • Italian: basta — that's enough
  • Slovak: kedy — that's enough
  • Bulgarian: кога́та (kogáta) — the time
  • Czech: kdy — the time
  • Danish: hvornår — the time
  • Esperanto: kiam — the time
  • Finnish: milloin — the time
  • French: quand — the time
  • German: Wann — the time
  • Greek: πότε (póte) — the time
  • Hungarian: mikor — the time
  • Indonesian: kapan — the time
  • Italian: quando — the time
  • Japanese: 何時 (itsu) — the time
  • Japanese: いつ (itsu) — the time
  • Latvian: kad — the time
  • Polish: kiedy — the time
  • Portuguese: quando — the time
  • Romanian: atunci când — the time
  • Slovak: kedy — the time
  • Spanish: el cuando — the time
  • Tamil: எப்பொழுது (eppoḻutu) — the time
  • Vietnamese: khi nào — the time
  • Aragonese: quan — what time; which time
  • Basque: noiz — what time; which time
  • Bulgarian: кога́ (kogá) — what time; which time
  • Chechen: маца (maca) — what time; which time
  • Ngazidja Comorian: nɗi — what time; which time
  • Czech: kdy — what time; which time
  • Danish: hvornår — what time; which time
  • Dutch: wanneer — what time; which time
  • Esperanto: kiam — what time; which time
  • Even: ок (ok) — what time; which time
  • Evenki: окин (okin) — what time; which time
  • Finnish: milloin — what time; which time
  • Finnish: mistä lähtien — what time; which time
  • French: quand — what time; which time
  • Old French: quant — what time; which time
  • German: wann — what time; which time
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan) — what time; which time
  • Greek: πότε (póte) — what time; which time
  • Hebrew: מָתַי (matái) — what time; which time
  • Hungarian: mikor — what time; which time
  • Indonesian: kapan — what time; which time
  • Indonesian: bila — what time; which time
  • Ingush: маца (maca) — what time; which time
  • Italian: quando — what time; which time
  • Japanese: 何時 (itsu) — what time; which time
  • Japanese: いつ (itsu) — what time; which time
  • Javanese: yèn — what time; which time
  • Old Javanese: kapan — what time; which time
  • Lutuv: khaaning — what time; which time
  • Macedonian: кога (koga) — what time; which time
  • Malay: bila — what time; which time
  • Nanai: хали (hali) — what time; which time
  • Nivkh: ығр̌ — what time; which time
  • Norwegian: når — what time; which time
  • Polish: kiedy — what time; which time
  • Portuguese: quando — what time; which time
  • Romanian: când — what time; which time
  • Russian: когда́ (kogdá) — what time; which time
  • Slovak: kedy — what time; which time
  • Spanish: cuando — what time; which time
  • Swedish: när — what time; which time
  • Tagalog: kailan — what time; which time
  • Tamil: எப்பொழுதிருந்து (eppoḻutiruntu) — what time; which time
  • Tamil: எப்போதிலிருந்து (eppōtiliruntu) — what time; which time
  • Turkish: ne zaman — what time; which time
  • Ukrainian: коли́ (kolý) — what time; which time