woraufhin

Adv.

1. fragend: why

2. in Relativsätzen: whereupon

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whereupon

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wo|rauf|hịn [vorauf'hɪn]

rel adv

whereupon

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wo·rauf·hin

adv

1. interrog (auf welche Veranlassung hin) for what reason

\woraufhin können wir ihn verhaften lassen? for what reason can we have him arrested?

\woraufhin hast du das getan? why did you do that?

2. rel (wonach) whereupon, after which

sie beschimpfte ihn, \woraufhin er wütend den Raum verließ she swore at him whereupon he stormed out of the room

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Adverb

1) (interrogativ)

woraufhin hat er das getan? — what made him do it?; what was the cause of his doing it?

2) (relativisch) whereupon

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woraufhin adv

1. fragend: why

2. in Relativsätzen: whereupon

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Adverb

1) (interrogativ)

woraufhin hat er das getan? — what made him do it?; what was the cause of his doing it?

2) (relativisch) whereupon

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adv.

whereupon adv.