whence

whence
1.
(arch./literary)adverb woher

the village whence comes the famous cheese — das Dorf, aus dem der berühmte Käse kommt

2. conjunction
(to the place from which) dorthin, woher
* * *
[wens]
adverb (from what place or circumstance (?); from where (?).) woher
* * *
whence
[(h)wen(t)s]
adv inv (old)
1. interrog (form: from what place) woher
\whence comes this lad? woher kommt dieser Junge?
\whence does Parliament derive this power? woher nimmt das Parlament seine Macht?
from \whence ...? [von] woher ...?
2. rel (form: from where) wo
his last years he spent in Rome, \whence he came seine letzten Jahre verbrachte er in Rom, seiner Heimatstadt
the Ural mountains, \whence the ore is procured der Ural, wo Eisen abgebaut wird
he will be sent back \whence he came wir werden ihn dahin zurückschicken, wo er herkam
from \whence ... woher ...
it has been returned to the shop from \whence it came es wurde an das Geschäft zurückgeschickt, von dem es kam
3. rel (form: as a consequence) daraus
\whence it followed that ... daraus folgte, dass ...
* * *
[wens]
adv
1) (old, form) woher, von wannen (old, liter)
2) (form)

whence I conclude ... — woraus ich schließe, ...

* * *
whence [wens; hwens] obs oder poet
A adv
1. (fragend)
a) woher, von wo(her), obs von wannen
b) fig woher, woraus, wodurch, wie
2. (relativ)
a) woher, von wo
b) fig woraus, weshalb
B konj
1. (von) woher
2. fig weshalb, und deshalb
3. dahin, von wo:
return whence you came geh wieder dahin, wo du hergekommen bist!
C pron (relativ, auf Orte bezogen) welch(er, e, es):
the country (from) whence she comes das Land, aus welchem sie kommt
* * *
1.
(arch./literary)adverb woher

the village whence comes the famous cheese — das Dorf, aus dem der berühmte Käse kommt

2. conjunction
(to the place from which) dorthin, woher
* * *
adv.
woher adv.

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