# wienach

wienach is a German adverb meaning “how”.

## Meanings

1. _interrogative · archaic_ how
   - Das Bild, ja, das Urbild der Kirche sehen wir wohl in Jesu; aber wienach sind denn die Pharisäer ein Bild der Welt? — The image, yes, we see the primal image of the church in Jesus; but how are the Pharisees an image of the world?
2. _archaic · relative_ how, howsoever
   - 1829, von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, book 2, Stuttgart: Cotta, p. 5 — "Howsoever you receive it, depending on how you behave", he retorted, "now mix in with them as they are mixing with each other."

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