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Learn German: was - what

German
/Question words (wer, was, wo, wie)
/was

was

Word

was

Meaning

what

Part of speech

pronoun

Pronunciation

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Question words (wer, was, wo, wie)

Usages of was

Was suchen Sie?

What are you looking for?

Was kostet das Ticket?

What does the ticket cost?

Was machen die Leute?

What are the people doing?

Was gibt es hier?

What is there here?

Was liest der Mann morgens?

What does the man read in the morning?

Was macht deine Mutter jetzt?

What is your mother doing now?

Was möchten Sie trinken?

What would you like to drink?

Was wollt ihr dieses Wochenende machen?

What do you want to do this weekend?

Was erzählt ihr einem Freund?

What are you telling a friend?

Was tust du für die Mannschaft?

What are you doing for the team?

Was hat er gedacht?

What did he think?

Was ist gestern passiert?

What happened yesterday?

Was ist los? Das Handy funktioniert nicht.

What's wrong? The phone is not working.

Was ist los? Bist du müde?

What's wrong? Are you tired?

Was machst du am liebsten?

What do you like doing most of all?

Was willst du am Wochenende machen?

What do you want to do at the weekend?

Was machst du im Herbst?

What are you doing in autumn?

Was ist heute das Datum?

What is the date today?

Was wünschst du dir?

What do you wish for?

Was hat Opa gesagt? Wir sollen immer die Wahrheit sagen.

What did Grandpa say? We are supposed to always tell the truth.

Was ist der Grund? Warum sagst du die Party ab?

What is the reason? Why are you cancelling the party?

Was machst du aus sauren Zitronen?

What do you make out of sour lemons?

Was machst du im Urlaub am meisten?

What do you do the most on vacation?

Was hast du vor?

What do you intend to do?

Ich frage die Journalistin, was das Thema ist.

I ask the female journalist what the topic is.

Was ist dein Sternzeichen?

What is your zodiac sign?

Was wirst du nächste Woche machen?

What will you do next week?

Was machst du heute Abend?

What are you doing this evening?

Was sagst du dazu?

What do you say to that?

Was willst du eigentlich?

What do you actually want?

Alles, was wir hier sehen, ist wunderschön.

Everything that we see here is beautiful.

Es gibt nichts, was in diesem Dschungel geheim bleibt.

There is nothing that stays secret in this jungle.

Ein Wasserfall ist etwas, was mich immer fasziniert.

A waterfall is something that always fascinates me.

Der Ozean ist sehr tief, was wirklich beeindruckend ist.

The ocean is very deep, which is really impressive.

Wir sind zum Wasserfall gewandert, was sehr anstrengend war.

We hiked to the waterfall, which was very exhausting.

Alles, was wir im Ozean gefunden haben, ist ein Wunder.

Everything that we found in the ocean is a miracle.

Der Vulkan zerstört die Landschaft, was schrecklich ist.

The volcano destroys the landscape, which is terrible.

Was hörst du im Tattoostudio surren?

What do you hear buzzing in the tattoo parlor?

Was ist die Quelle für diese Statistik?

What is the source for this statistic?

Egal, was ich tue, ich verliere in diesem endlosen Gang die Orientierung.

No matter what I do, I lose my orientation in this endless corridor.

Der Zeitplan bleibt flexibel, je nachdem, was passiert.

The schedule remains flexible depending on what happens.

Was wünschst du dir zum Geburtstag?

What do you wish for your birthday?

Was ist das für ein Ding?

What kind of thing is that?

Was auch immer passiert, wir ziehen morgen los.

Whatever happens, we are setting out tomorrow.

Was auch immer du mitnehmen möchtest, der Rucksack ist voll.

Whatever you would like to take along, the backpack is full.

Was auch immer das Ziel ist, wir sehen die Sonne am Horizont.

Whatever the destination is, we see the sun on the horizon.

Was auch immer passiert, die Hängematte wird eingepackt.

Whatever happens, the hammock is getting packed.

Was passiert hinsichtlich des Vertrags in einem Schadensfall?

What happens with regard to the contract in a case of damage?

Egal, was passiert, bis Dezember werden wir die Unabhängigkeit erreicht haben.

No matter what happens, by December we will have achieved independence.

Was die Diva wirklich will, ist eine größere Garderobe.

What the diva really wants is a larger dressing room.

Was der Star erwartet, ist völlige Perfektion vor dem Konzert.

What the star expects is complete perfection before the concert.

Was sie verlangt, ist mehr Privatsphäre und ein neuer Leibwächter.

What she demands is more privacy and a new bodyguard.

Was mir wichtig ist, ist eine exakte Raumtemperatur.

What is important to me is an exact room temperature.

Was ich skurril finde, ist dieser Sonderwunsch, teures Mineralwasser zu trinken.

What I find bizarre is this special request to drink expensive mineral water.

Was ihn stört, ist die helle Beleuchtung im Flur.

What bothers him is the bright lighting in the hallway.

Was die Band braucht, ist ein guter Masseur nach dem Konzert.

What the band needs is a good masseur after the concert.

Was ist die genaue Definition der Identität?

What is the exact definition of identity?

Was der König wirklich will, ist das Reich und dessen Geld.

What the king really wants is the empire and its money.

Niemand kann mir befehlen, was ich denke.

Nobody can order me what to think.

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