woanders

Woanders is a German adverb meaning elsewhere or somewhere else. It is formed from the question word wo (where) and anders (else/other) and is used to indicate a place different from the one being discussed. The expression is common in spoken German and in informal writing, and it can stand on its own or appear in expressions with the same sense, such as anderswo.

In usage, woanders functions as an adverb of place and can pair with verbs of movement or location. Examples include: Wir gehen woanders hin (We’re going somewhere else); Ich suche woanders (I’m looking elsewhere/elsewhere). It can also be used to contrast a current location with another, as in Dort ist es laut; ich bleibe woanders (It is loud there; I’ll stay elsewhere).

Variants and related terms include anderswo, which carries the same meaning and is often interchangeable with woanders. The choice between woanders and anderswo can depend on regional preference or stylistic tone, with woanders tending to be more colloquial and anderswo slightly more neutral in some contexts.

Notes on usage indicate that woanders is well established in standard German dictionaries and corpora as a normal part of everyday language. It is suitable for both spoken and informal written contexts and is typically not used in formal or technical writing.