Quick Guide: W-Fragen

Deutsch Vorlage * English

was Was ist das? what What is that?

wo Wo ist mein Handy? where Where is my phone?

wie Wie heißen Sie? how What’s your name?

woher Woher kommen Sie? where from Where are you from?

wohin Wohin fahren Sie? where to Where are you driving?

Why are you learning

warum Warum lernen Sie Deutsch? why German?

wann Wann ist die Party? when When is the party?

wer Wer ist er? who Who is he?

Whom does she seek?

wen Wen sucht sie? whom (Oh, so old-fashioned.)

.* die Vorlage: model / guideline

Additional Tips:

This Quick Guide: W-Fragen helps you learn the main Fragewörter by using a Vorlage, a
model sentence. For each word, memorize the sentence or question and use it as a reference
for creating similar sentences and questions.

Wer is deceiving because it looks like the English “where,” and that’s why we call it a false
friend. It actually means “who.” So when you memorize the rhyming question Wer ist er?,
you can remember that wer refers to a person, thus it must mean “who.”

Associate the 'a' sound of wann with the 'a' sound of Party, and you'll remember it every
time! Wann ist die Party? Heute! Wenn is a conjunction, not a question word!

What is everyone always searching for? Their cell phone. Thus: Wo ist mein Handy?

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