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Illustration of the A1 German word “woher”, which translates to “where from”. Pip, a small round-faced child with an enormous mop of curly dark hair and denim dungarees, scratches his head puzzled before a huge glowing map criss-crossed with question-mark trails, wondering where it all came from.

woher is part of Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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woher

where from

/voˈheːɐ̯/

Examples — woher in a sentence

Woher kommen Sie?

Where do you come from?

Woher ist dieser Brief?

Where is this letter from?

How to remember it

VOH-hair. 'WHERE FROM did you get that VOH-hair wig?'

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