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German
Etymology
Middle High German. By surface analysis, wo (“where”) + mit (“with”). Akin to archaic English wherewith.
Pronunciation
Adverb
womit
- (interrogative) with what, what…with
- Womit brauchst du Hilfe? ― What do you need help with?
- (relative) with which; by which
1809, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 2, in Die Wahlverwandschaften [Elective Affinities]:„ […] Wenigstens, mein Lieber“, fuhr sie fort, „sollst du gewahr werden, daß deine Wünsche, die freundliche Lebhaftigkeit, womit du sie ausdrückst, mich nicht ungerührt, mich nicht unbewegt lassen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “womit” in Duden online
- “womit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache