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how usually means "wie" in German. An example would be:

English: " How are you?"

German: "Wie geht es dir?"

how can also mean "inwiefern" as in "could you explain how this situation will affect us?" or "wodurch" as in "how does A differ from B?"

How also has a number of different meanings in German if it is used in combination with an adverb. E.g. "how many" means "wieviel" or "wie viele", "depending on how ..." means "je nachdem, wie ..."

If you address one person you can mean:

du (informal, singular) as in "you're the best"

dich (informal, singular) as in "I love you"

Sie (formal, singular and plural) as in "Mr. President, it is an honour to meet you"

if you address several persons you can mean:

euch (informal, plural) as in "I knew i could count on you"

ihr (informal, plural) as in "you two"

you can also mean man (pronoun, unspecific) as in "you would think that ..." or " you can't please everybody"

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