# when

> German word · Adverb · IPA [wɛn] · frequency rank #8,658

## Definitions
1. wann

## Easily confused with
- **wie** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wie)
- **WHO** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-who)
- **why** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-why)
- **won** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-won)
- **Wien** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wien)
- **WLAN** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wlan)
- **wohn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wohn)
- **Wied** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wied)
- **woher** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-woher)
- **wohin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wohin)
- **where** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-where)
- **women** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-women)
- **Wiesn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wiesn)
- **Wiens** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wiens)
- **wogen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wogen)
- **wüten** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wuten)
- **Wochen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wochen)
- **wohnen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wohnen)
- **wühlen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-wuhlen)
- **WE** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/we-vs-when)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hwen`, `wehn`, `whenn`, `whhen`, `whne`, `wwhen`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/when