Was machen Sie? Learn Unstarted Literal Breakdown Recording English German Learn what was Learn do machen Learn you (formal) Sie Learn Summary The German translation for “What are they doing? (short form)” is Was machen Sie?. The German, Was machen Sie?, can be broken down into 3 parts:"what" (was), "do" (machen) and "you (formal)" (Sie). Practice Lesson "What are they doing? (short form)" Practice (4) Lesson Learn Lesson words do, what, you (formal) etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases What are they doing? (short form) etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 22 Miscellaneous 23 Question words 1 Part of Speech Courses Verbs 9 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech