When

/ʍɛn/

Synonyms for "when" (71 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

Noun(1 words)

afisr

after allagain albeitall the samealthough anonas far asas long asat all eventsat any rateat the same timeat what time

Conjunction(2 words)

as soon asat what time

Strong matches (21)

at whichat which timebut directlyduring which timeeveneven sofor all thathowbeit however immediatelyin any casein any eventin what periodin which time

Conjunction(2 words)

at which timeindirect time question marker

Conjunction(1 words)

because

Noun(2 words)

changing systemearthing conductor connection

Preposition(1 words)

cum

Related words (35)

Conjunction(5 words)

interrogative time markerthe time at whichwhat timewheneverwhile loop iterations

just the samenevertheless nonetheless notwithstandingon the other handon what occasionon which occasionrather stillthe whilethen thoughupon whichwhat timewhen aswhenever whereas whereupon while whilst

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Preposition(3 words)

Adverb(2 words)

Adjective(1 words)

Conjunction(3 words)

seeing thatwhile whilst

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

6 entries

conjunctiongrammatical connectivelinking wordsubordinatortemporal adverbtemporal relative adverb

More specific

11 entries

day whenearlierindirect question clauselatermonth whennow soonsubordinate clausetime clausetime clause in indirect questionsyear when

Collocations

9 entries

at what timewhat timewhen applicablewhen appropriatewhen availablewhen in doubtwhen necessarywhen possiblewhen required

Derivations

1 entries

whenever

Translations

287 translations across 154 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

wanneer adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Akkadian

1 entries

inūma adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Albanian

1 entries

kur adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

πηνίκα adv (at what time, as a direct question)
πηνίκα adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
πότε adv (at what time, as a direct question)
πότε adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Ao

1 entries

kodang (Chungli) adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Arabic

4 entries

إمتى adv (at what time, as a direct question)
إيمتى adv (at what time, as a direct question)
إيمتى adv (at what time, as a direct question)
امتى adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Armenian

1 entries

երբ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Aromanian

1 entries

cãndu adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Assamese

1 entries

কেতিয়া adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Asturian

1 entries

cuándo adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

havaxt adv (at what time, as a direct question)
haçan adv (at what time, as a direct question)
nə vaxt adv (at what time, as a direct question)
nə zaman adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Bashkir

2 entries

ҡасан adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ҡасан adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Basque

1 entries

noiz adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Belarusian

1 entries

калі́ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Bengali

2 entries

কখন adv (at what time, as a direct question)
কবে adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

कब adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Bikol Central

4 entries

kasuarin adv (at what time, as a direct question)
kun kasuarin adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
kun nuarin adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
nuarin adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Breton

1 entries

pegoulz adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Bulgarian

1 entries

кога́ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Burmese

2 entries

ဘယ်တုန်းက adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ဘယ်တော့ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

кідь adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Catalan

2 entries

quan adv (at what time, as a direct question)
quan adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Central Atlas Tamazight

4 entries

ⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⴷ adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ⵎⴰⵏⴰⴳⵓ adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ⵎⴰⵏⵜⵓⵔ adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ⵎⵍⵎⵉ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

کەی adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries

uṭum adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries

متى adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Chamicuro

1 entries

na'kolyaye adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Chechen

2 entries

маца adv (at what time, as a direct question)
маца adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Chickasaw

2 entries

kati̱hkaash adv (at what time, as a direct question)
kati̱hkmak adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Chinese

4 entries

дуәхур adv (at what time, as a direct question)
啥時 /啥时 adv (at what time, as a direct question)
啥時 /啥时 adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
啥物時陣 /啥物时阵 adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

何時 /何时 adv (at what time, as a direct question)
幾時 /几时 adv (at what time, as a direct question)
幾時 /几时 adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

何時 /何时 adv (at what time, as a direct question)
甚麼時候 /什麼時候 /什么时候 adv (at what time, as a direct question)
甚麼時候 /什麼時候 /什么时候 adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Chinook Jargon

2 entries

kunsih adv (at what time, as a direct question)
qʰənchi adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Cornish

1 entries

p'eur adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Czech

2 entries

kdy adv (at what time, as a direct question)
kdy adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Dalmatian

1 entries

cand adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Danish

1 entries

hvornår adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Dutch

2 entries

wanneer adv (at what time, as a direct question)
wanneer adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Elfdalian

1 entries

ną̊r adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Esperanto

2 entries

kiam adv (at what time, as a direct question)
kiam adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Estonian

2 entries

kunas adv (at what time, as a direct question)
millal adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Faroese

2 entries

nær adv (at what time, as a direct question)
nær adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Finnish

4 entries

koska adv (at what time, as a direct question)
koska adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
milloin adv (at what time, as a direct question)
milloin adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

French

2 entries

quand adv (at what time, as a direct question)
quand adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Friulian

2 entries

cuand adv (at what time, as a direct question)
cuant adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Galician

1 entries

cando adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Georgian

2 entries

როდის adv (at what time, as a direct question)
როდის adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

German

2 entries

wann adv (at what time, as a direct question)
wann adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍈𐌰𐌽 adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Greek

2 entries

πότε adv (at what time, as a direct question)
πότε adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Greenlandic

2 entries

qanga adv (at what time, as a direct question)
qaqugu adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

kan adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Hebrew

2 entries

באיזו שעה adv (at what time, as a direct question)
מָתַי adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Hindi

2 entries

कब adv (at what time, as a direct question)
कब adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Hungarian

2 entries

amikor adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
mikor adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Hunsrik

1 entries

wann adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Icelandic

1 entries

hvenær adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Ido

1 entries

kande adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Ilocano

2 entries

kanno adv (at what time, as a direct question)
no kanno adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Indonesian

2 entries

kapan adv (at what time, as a direct question)
kapan adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Irish

3 entries

cathain adv (at what time, as a direct question)
cá huair adv (at what time, as a direct question)
cén uair adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Italian

1 entries

quando adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Japanese

2 entries

いつ adv (at what time, as a direct question)
何時 adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Kankanaey

4 entries

eg-an adv (at what time, as a direct question)
eg-an adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
tongona adv (at what time, as a direct question)
tongona adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Kapampangan

2 entries

kapilan adv (at what time, as a direct question)
nung kapilan adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Karelian

4 entries

konsa adv (at what time, as a direct question)
konsa adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
konza adv (at what time, as a direct question)
konza adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Kashubian

1 entries

czedë adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Kazakh

1 entries

қашан adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Khmer

4 entries

កាលណា adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ពេលណា adv (at what time, as a direct question)
វេលាណា adv (at what time, as a direct question)
អង្កាល adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Konkani

1 entries

केद्ना adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Korean

1 entries

언제 adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Krio

1 entries

ustem adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Kriol

1 entries

wotaim adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

качан adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Lao

1 entries

ເມື່ອໃດ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Latgalian

1 entries

kod adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Latin

3 entries

quando adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
quandō adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ubi adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Latvian

2 entries

kad adv (at what time, as a direct question)
kad adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kada adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries

ga adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ga adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
gdy adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Macedonian

1 entries

кога adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Malagasy

2 entries

ovìana adv (at what time, as a direct question)
rahoviana adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Malay

4 entries

bila adv (at what time, as a direct question)
bila adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
kapan adv (at what time, as a direct question)
kapan adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Malayalam

1 entries

എപ്പോൾ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᡨᠠᡢᡤᡳ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Middle English

2 entries

whan adv (at what time, as a direct question)
whan adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Mizo

1 entries

eng tikah adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Mongolian

2 entries

хэдийд adv (at what time, as a direct question)
хэзээ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Māori

3 entries

inahea adv (at what time, as a direct question)
nōnahea adv (at what time, as a direct question)
āhea adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Navajo

3 entries

hahgo adv (at what time, as a direct question)
hahgoshąʼ adv (at what time, as a direct question)
hádą́ą́ʼ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Neapolitan

1 entries

quanno adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Nepali

1 entries

कहिले adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

nɗi adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Norman

2 entries

quaend adv (at what time, as a direct question)
quaend adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

kengî adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Norwegian

1 entries

når adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Occitan

1 entries

quand adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Old Dutch

2 entries

wan adv (at what time, as a direct question)
wanne adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Old English

1 entries

hwonne adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Old French

2 entries

quant adv (at what time, as a direct question)
quant adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Old Frisian

1 entries

hwenne adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Old High German

1 entries

wanne adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Old Irish

1 entries

cuin adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Old Saxon

1 entries

hwanne adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Ossetian

1 entries

кӕд adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Persian

1 entries

کی adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Polish

2 entries

gdy adv (at what time, as a direct question)
kiedy adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Portuguese

2 entries

quando adv (at what time, as a direct question)
quando adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Romanian

1 entries

când adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Russian

2 entries

когда́ adv (at what time, as a direct question)
когда́ adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Sanskrit

2 entries

कदा adv (at what time, as a direct question)
कदा adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Sardinian

4 entries

candho adv (at what time, as a direct question)
cando adv (at what time, as a direct question)
candu adv (at what time, as a direct question)
canno adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Scots

1 entries

whan adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cuin adv (at what time, as a direct question)
cuin adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

kada adv (at what time, as a direct question)
када adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Shan

1 entries

မိူဝ်ႈလႂ် adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Shor

1 entries

қачан adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Sindhi

1 entries

ڪڏهن adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Sinhalese

1 entries

කවදා adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Slovak

1 entries

kedy adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Slovene

1 entries

kdáj adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Southern Altai

1 entries

качан adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Spanish

2 entries

cuándo adv (at what time, as a direct question)
cuándo adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Sundanese

1 entries

iraha adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Swahili

1 entries

lini adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Swedish

2 entries

när adv (at what time, as a direct question)
när adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Tagalog

2 entries

kailan adv (at what time, as a direct question)
kung kailan adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Tahitian

4 entries

'i anafea adv (at what time, as a direct question)
afea adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ahea adv (at what time, as a direct question)
anafea adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Tajik

1 entries

кай adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Tamil

4 entries

எப்பொழுது adv (at what time, as a direct question)
எப்பொழுது adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
எப்போது adv (at what time, as a direct question)
எப்போது adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Telugu

1 entries

ఎప్పుడు adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Thai

3 entries

เมื่อใด adv (at what time, as a direct question)
เมื่อไร adv (at what time, as a direct question)
เมื่อไหร่ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ente adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Tooro

1 entries

di adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Turkish

2 entries

ne zaman adv (at what time, as a direct question)
ne zaman adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Turkmen

1 entries

haçan adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Ukrainian

2 entries

коли́ adv (at what time, as a direct question)
коли́ adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Urdu

1 entries

کب adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Uyghur

1 entries

قاچان adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Uzbek

1 entries

qachon adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Venetan

4 entries

co adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
con adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
cuando adv (at what time, as a direct question)
cuando adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Vietnamese

3 entries

bao giờ adv (at what time, as a direct question)
bao giờ adv (at what time, as an indirect question)
khi nào adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Waray-Waray

2 entries

kan-o adv (at what time, as a direct question)
san-o adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Welsh

2 entries

pryd adv (at what time, as a direct question)
pryd adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

West-Frisian

1 entries

wannear adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Wolof

1 entries

kañ adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

啥辰光 adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Xhosa

1 entries

xa adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Yaghnobi

1 entries

кад adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Yakut

1 entries

хаһан adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Yiddish

1 entries

ווען adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Yup'ik

2 entries

qaku adv (at what time, as a direct question)
qangvaq adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Zealandic

2 entries

'oeneer adv (at what time, as a direct question)
'oeneer-a adv (at what time, as an indirect question)

Zhuang

1 entries

seizlawz adv (at what time, as a direct question)

Sample sentences

68 total sentences available.

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I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.

Source: tatoeba (1306)

I'll call them tomorrow when I come back.

Source: tatoeba (1309)

When I grow up, I want to be a king.

Source: tatoeba (1337)

When I woke up, I was sad.

Source: tatoeba (1361)

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