weshalb
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Dutch weshalve (obsolete).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]weshalb
- (interrogative) why
- (relative) which is why
- 1966, Otfried Preußler, Das kleine Gespenst:
- Dar war nicht der einzige Grund, weshalb das kleine Gespenst den Schlüsselbund ständig mit sich herumtrug.
- That was not the only reason why the little ghost always carried the bunch of keys around with him.