Wenn — meaning in English

English meaning

• if conj Used to introduce a condition: supposing that something is or were true.
• when adv Used to ask or refer to a point in time.
• whenever conj At any time that; every time that.

Senses

Wenn is used for these senses in English:

• if Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.
• if (computing) A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise execute other statements).
• if (informal) An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
• when (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
• when (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
• when At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
• when (interrogative) What time; which time.
• whenever At any time that.

if — full definition

1. conj Used to introduce a condition: supposing that something is or were true.
2. conj Although; used to concede a point while still making a statement.
3. noun An uncertain condition or possibility.

when — full definition

1. adv Used to ask or refer to a point in time.
2. conj At the time that; as soon as.
3. conj Considering that; given that.
4. intj Used to tell someone to stop pouring or adding something, typically in response to "say when."

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