How

Etymology 1
how:, hou:, hu:, hwu:, hu:, from, from the same root as hwæt:. Akin to Old Saxon huo:, hu:, Dutch hoe:, compare German wie:. See who: and compare why:.

Adverb

 * 1) To what degree.
 * How often do you practice?
 * 1) In what manner.
 * How do you solve this puzzle?
 * How else can we get this finished?
 * How very interesting!
 * How wonderful it was to receive your invitation.
 * How wonderful it was to receive your invitation.

Derived terms

 * how many
 * how much
 * how come
 * how so

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: كيف
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian: որքան (vork'an)
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᎫᏙᎢ (gudoi)
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Croatian: kako
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: როგორ
 * German:
 * Greek: (póso)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कैसे
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: bagaimana
 * Irish: cé


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , , ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:
 * Sorani:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk:
 * Persian: چگونه, چطور
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: како, kako
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: อย่างไร
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: کیسے
 * Vietnamese: thế nào, làm sao,
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack OpenC@Ulnar-PalmUp-OpenC@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp
 * Arabic: كيف
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Crimean Tatar: nasıl (northern dialect neday, qadiy)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: miten, kuinka, millä tavalla, millä tavoin
 * French:
 * Georgian: როგორ
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:, cén chaoi, cad é mar
 * Italian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ,
 * Sorani:
 * Luhya:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk:, [ ], [  ], [  ]
 * Old Irish:, , ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: како, kako
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ยังไง, อย่างไร
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: lio
 * Welsh:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: كيف
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: (polí),  (póso),  (tí)
 * Hebrew: כמה (kama)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: chomh
 * Japanese: 何て 何と
 * Japanese: 何て 何と


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ,
 * Sorani:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:, [ ]
 * Persian: چه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: abair
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: กระไร
 * Turkish: ne kadar
 * Volapük: kio
 * Volapük: kio


 * : com
 * Cantonese: 幾/几 (géi) (1); 點/点 (dím), 點樣/点样 (dímyéung, dímyēung), 如何 (y ù h ò ), 怎樣/怎样 (jámyéung) (2); 真係/真系 (jānh a i) (3)
 * Mandarin: 如何 (rúhé), 怎样 (zěnyàng)
 * Mandarin: 如何 (rúhé), 怎样 (zěnyàng)


 * : (četor)


 * : (pós),  (mé pió trópo)


 * : כיצד (ky'tsad), איך (e'ych)

Adjective

 * 1) In what state.
 * How are you?
 * How was your vacation?

Translations

 * American Sign Language: BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack OpenC@Ulnar-PalmUp-OpenC@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp
 * Arabic: كيف (kayf)
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese: 怎麼樣, 怎么样 (zěnmeyàng)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , ,


 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Luhya:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: как
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1) The means by which something is accomplished.
 * I am not interested in the why, but in the how.
 * 1) * 1924, Joseph Rickaby, Studies on God and His Creatures‎, p. 102:
 * It is an a posteriori argument, evincing the fact, but not the how.

Conjunction

 * 1) In which way; in such way.
 * I remember how to solve this puzzle.
 * 1) That, the fact that, the way that.
 * 2) * 2010 April 24, Jesse McKinley, “Don’t Call It ‘Pot’ in This Circle; It’s a Profession”, in The New York Times, page A1:
 * “There’s this real Al Capone fear that they’re going to get our guys, not on marijuana, but on something else,” Mr. Edson said, referring to how Capone was eventually charged with tax evasion rather than criminal activity.

Translations

 * American Sign Language: inside-Y-twist
 * Chinese: 怎样 (zěnyàng), 如何 (rúhé)
 * Crimean Tatar: nasıl (northern dialect neday, qadiy)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: kuinka, miten, millä tavalla
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: どう (dō)
 * Korean: 방법 (bangbeop), 방식 (bangsik)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: w jaki sposób
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ఎలా (elā), ఎట్లా (eṭīlā)
 * Turkish:

Etymology 2
From haugr:.

Noun

 * 1)  An artificial barrow or tumulus.
 * 2)  A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)

Anagrams

 * who, WHO

Adverb
how


 * 1) yes

Synonyms

 * yamá

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