wohingegen
German, conjunction/voːhɪnˈɡeːɡən/
wohingegen is spelled W-O-H-I-N-G-E-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wohingegen is a German conjunction meaning “whereas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Gegensatz einleitende Subjunktion”.
What does wohingegen mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
whereas
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. einen Gegensatz einleitende Subjunktion
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 do you pronounce wohingegen?
- /voːhɪnˈɡeːɡən/
- [vohɪnˈɡeːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wohingegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wohingegen in German?
wohingegen appears 3.0 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).