wenn
German, conjunction
wenn is spelled W-E-N-N (4 letters) and appears 3,236 times per million words in written German, the 43rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wenn is a German conjunction meaning “when, whenever” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wenn is a different word: “if”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sobald”.
What does wenn mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
when, whenever
Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist!
- 2
if (on the condition that)
Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt?
noun
- 1
informalneuterif
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. sobald 2. sooft, während 3. Einleitung eines Bedingungssatzes 4. ‚als wenn‘ oder ‚wie wenn‘: als ob; als sei es so (Vergleich mit Unwahrem)
noun: 1. einschränkende Bedingung
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 wenn
- Wenns genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wenn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wenn in German?
wenn appears 3,236 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).