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wieso: why — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryPronounLevel B1

wieso

why

why; used to ask for the reason for something

IPA/viˈzoː/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Meaning 1neutral · 87%

why; used to ask for the reason for something

Wieso bist du heute so spät gekommen?

Wieso funktioniert das Programm auf diesem Computer nicht?

Ich verstehe nicht, wieso der Termin verschoben wurde.

wieso, warum, and weshalb are often interchangeable. wieso is very common in everyday speech.

Direct: Wieso kommst du? Indirect: Ich weiß nicht, wieso du kommst. The verb position changes.

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What does wieso ask about?

wieso asks for a reason and is close in meaning to warum and weshalb. In direct questions, normal German verb-second order applies.