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How do you say "Where are you from?" in German?
Woher kommst du?
In German, "Where are you from?" is Woher kommst du?.
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Pronunciation
VO-hair KOHMST doo. Woher rhymes with 'where', kommst is the you form of come.
Grammar notes
Woher is where from. Kommst is the second-person singular present tense of kommen.
Example sentence
Woher kommst du?
Where are you from?
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How to remember Woher kommst du?
Wo is where, her is from. Woher is where-from.
Related words
- What can you do? Was kannst du tun?
- What can't you do? Was kannst du nicht tun?
- What do you hate? Was hasst du?
- What is the temperature? Wie warm ist es?
- What is the temperature on Monday? Wie hoch ist die Temperatur am Montag?
- What is the temperature on Saturday? Wie hoch ist die Temperatur am Samstag?
- What is the weather on Friday? Wie ist das Wetter am Freitag?
- What is the weather on Monday? Wie ist das Wetter am Montag?
- What is the weather on Wednesday? Wie ist das Wetter am Mittwoch?
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Questions about Woher kommst du?
How do you say "Where are you from?" in German?
In German, "Where are you from?" is Woher kommst du?. It is a noun.
How is Woher kommst du? written in German?
Woher kommst du? is written using the standard German script.
How is Woher kommst du? used in a sentence?
Use Woher kommst du? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Woher kommst du? (Where are you from?).
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"Where are you from?" in other languages
- Japanese 出身地はどこですか？ (shusshinchi wa doko desu ka ？)
- Korean 어디에서 왔어요? (eodieseo wasseoyo?)
- Chinese 你来自哪里? (nǐ lái zì nǎ lǐ ?)
- Spanish ¿De dónde eres?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿De dónde eres?
- French D'où viens-tu ?
- Italian Di dove sei?
- Russian Откуда ты? (otkuda ty?)
- Greek Από πού είσαι; (apo pu ise)
- Arabic أنت منين؟ (inta minin?)
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