wann
German, adverb/van/
wann is spelled W-A-N-N (4 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written German, the 588th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wann is a German adverb meaning “when” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu welchem Zeitpunkt”.
What does wann mean in English?
adverb
- 1
when
Wann kommt er?
- 2
colloquialsometime
Das sollten wir mal wann besprechen, wenn alle da sind.
conjunction
- 1
archaicwhen; if
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. zu welchem Zeitpunkt 2. in welchem Zeitraum 3. unter welcher Bedingung, mit welcher Voraussetzung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of wann
- wan obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wann?
- /van/
- [van]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wann
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wann in German?
wann appears 148 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).