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Heidi

The sentence does not survive these

wo instead of der, die, das

The rule

Relative clauses almost always start with wo, unchanging, whatever the gender or case.

Where it catches you

You read wo as where? and lose the sentence. Here it means who, which or that — never a place.

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Where this actually comes up

The same structure, in sentences people actually say.

  • The handover
    • S Zimmer, wo mir geschter gruumt händ, isch parat.

      Das Zimmer, das wir gestern geräumt haben, ist bereit.

  • Restlessness in the evening
    • De Maa, wo dört gsi isch, isch scho hei.

      Der Mann, der dort war, ist schon zu Hause.