Bedeutung von which In Deutsch

• 0 used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group

  • Which (colour) do you like best?

  • Which route will you travel by?

  • At which station should I change trains?

  • Which of the two girls do you like better?

  • Tell me which books you would like

  • Let me know which train you’ll be arriving on

  • I can’t decide which to choose.

• 1 (used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others; able to be replaced by that except after a preposition; able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that

  • This is the book which/that was on the table

  • This is the book (which/that) you wanted

  • A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons

  • The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken

  • The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.

• 2 used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something

  • My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well

  • He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue

  • My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won’t be going on holiday.