whereafter
/wɛəɹˈæftə(ɹ)/adverb
whereafter is an adverb meaning “After which time or event” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-H-E-R-E-A-F-T-E-R, and it appears about once in every 34 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does whereafter mean?
adverb
- 1
After which time or event.
It is a matter for it to determine whether to make such application, whereafter the Trial Chamber will determine whether the material is so admissible
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce whereafter?
- /wɛəɹˈæftə(ɹ)/
- /wɛəɹˈɑːftə(ɹ)/
- /ʍɛəɹˈæftə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-whereafter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is whereafter?
Whereafter appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Whereafter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense translation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | après quoi |
| German | wonach, infolgedessen, seitdem, woraufhin, worauf |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does whereafter come from?
From where- + after.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).