wannen
German, adverb
wannen is spelled W-A-N-N-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wannen is a German adverb meaning “whence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wannen is a different word: “plural of Wanne”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “woher”.
What does wannen mean in English?
adverb
- 1
whence
noun
- 1
plural of Wanne
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. woher 2. wo
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is wannen in German?
wannen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).