German adverb · CEFR A1
woher
Meaning in English: where from
Example
Woher kommst du?
Where are you from?
How common is woher?
woher is number 4,279 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,275die Frontfront, facade
- 4,276die Taschebag, pocket
- 4,277Reisendetravellers, passengers
- 4,278unterhalbbelow, beneath
- 4,279woherwhere from
- 4,280ausgenommenexcept, excluded
- 4,281letztendlichultimately, in the end
- 4,282die Rettungrescue, salvation
- 4,283kirchlichenchurch (adj.), ecclesiastical
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