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German
Pronunciation
Adverb
wohlan
- (dated, higher register) well, now then
- Synonym: nun gut
1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:Und weiter reitet der Reitersmann, / Und seufzet schwer dazu: / So zieh ich denn hin ins Grab so früh — / Wohlan, im Grab ist Ruh.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “wohlan” in Duden online
- “wohlan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache