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wissen, woher

know where … comes from

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phrase Rare #31,014
know where … comes from Used before an indirect question about the source or origin of something or someone.
GE: Sie wollte wissen, woher die Stimme kam.
EN: She wanted to know where the voice came from.

Willst du wissen, woher die Narbe ist?

Do you want to know where the scar came from?

— The Long Walk - Todesmarsch (2025)

Wolltest du wissen, woher das alles kam?

Did you want to know where all of this came from?

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Ich würde gern wissen, woher die stammt.

I’d like to know where it came from.

— The Age of Shadows (2016)

Keiner soll wissen, woher er kommt.

No one is supposed to know where he comes from.

— Jean Florette (1986)

Sie wollte wissen, woher die Stimme käme.

She wanted to know where the voice was coming from.

Aber du scheinst nicht zu wissen, woher du kommst und wohin du gehst.

But you don't seem to know where you come from or where you're going.

— TÁR (2022)

Und ich wollte wirklich wissen, woher seine Bücher kamen.

And I really wanted to know where his books came from.