где

Bulgarian

Etymology

Contraction of къде́ (kǎdé). The spelling was influenced by Russian где (gde).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɛ]
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  • Rhymes: -dɛ

Conjunction

где • (gde)

  1. artificial spelling of де (de, where)

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic къдѣ (kŭdě), alteration of къде (kŭde) with the locative ending (-jě), from Proto-Slavic *kъde.

Pronunciation

Adverb

где • (gde)

  1. where
    Где мои́ сапоги́?Gde moí sapogí?Where are my boots?
  2. now (sometimes; occasionally)
    • 1855, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], chapter V, in Рубка леса, Санкт-Петербург: Современник; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., The Cutting of the Forest, 1904:
      По поля́не со всех сторо́н расстила́лся где чёрный, где моло̀чно-бе́лый, где лило́вый дым костро́в, и стра́нными фигу́рами носи́лись бе́лые слои́ тума́на.
      Po poljáne so vsex storón rasstilálsja gde čórnyj, gde molòčno-bélyj, gde lilóvyj dym kostróv, i stránnymi figúrami nosílisʹ bélyje sloí tumána.
      Over the clearing there spread on all sides the smoke from the fires, now black, now milk-white, now violet, and the white layers of the mist were forming themselves into fantastic shapes.

Conjunction

где • (gde)

  1. where
    Я не зна́ю, где мои́ сапоги́.Ja ne znáju, gde moí sapogí.I don’t know where my boots are.

Derived terms

Category Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷe- not found

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъdě, *kъde, from Proto-Indo-European *kwu-dʰē.

Adverb

где̏ (Latin spelling gdȅ)

  1. where (interrogative)
    Где је твој брат?Where is your brother?
  2. (proscribed, colloquial) whither, where, whereto
    Где си ишао јучер?Where did you go yesterday?

Pronoun

где̏ ? (Latin spelling gdȅ)

  1. where