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wieso

"wieso" means "why" in German. It is number 206 on the frequency list, in A1 (adv).

Meaning

why

IPA

/viˈzoː/

Level

A1

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• Wirklich? Wieso?
  Really? Why?
  Tatoeba: Kleinchen42 / wma
• Wieso sind sie hier?
  Why are they here?
  Tatoeba: MUIRIEL / CK
• Wieso weißt du das?
  Why do you know that?
  Tatoeba: JoeyR / CK

Learned together

In the course, "wieso" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• her here, to here (toward the…
• lange long, for a long time
• natürlich naturally
• gar at all
• dort there, yonder
• weiter further, farther, more
• gleich alike
• recht very, quite, rather, pretty,…
• richtig really

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