which
[wɪʧ]adjective
(in questions) welche ( m welcher) ( nt welches)
which room do you want? welches Zimmer willst du?
which one? welches?
she asked me which room I wanted sie fragte mich, welches Zimmer ich wollte
which
[wɪʧ]pronoun
| 1. | [in questions; subject]
welche ( m
welcher) ( nt
welches)
which is the cheapest? welches ist das billigste? he asked me which was the best er fragte mich, welcher der beste sei |
| 2. | [in questions; object]
welche ( m
welchen) ( nt
welches)
which do you prefer? welches gefällt dir besser? he asked me which I preferred er fragte mich, welches ich bevorzugen würde |
| 3. | [in questions; after prep + A]
welche ( m
welchen) ( nt
welches)
which should I put the vase on? auf welchen soll ich die Vase stellen? |
| 4. | [in questions; after prep + D]
welcher/welchem/welchem
he asked me which I was talking about er fragte mich, von welchem ich spreche |
| 5. | [introducing relative clause; after subject]
der/die/das, die pl
the house which is on corner das Haus, das an der Ecke steht |
| 6. | [introducing relative clause; object, after prep + A]
den/die/das, die pl
the television which I bought der Fernseher, den ich gekauft habe the book through which he became famous das Buch, durch das er berühmt wurde |
| 7. | [introducing relative clause; object, after prep + D]
dem/der/dem, denen pl
the settee on which I'm sitting das Sofa, auf dem ich sitze ten apples, of which six are bad zehn Äpfel, von denen or wovon sechs faul sind |
| 8. | [introducing relative clause; object, after prep + G] dessen/deren/dessen, deren pl |
| 9. | (referring back)
was
he's late, which annoys me er ist spät dran, was mich ärgert he's always late, which I don't like er verspätet sich immer, was ich nicht leiden kann |
