Was macht er? Learn Unstarted Literal Breakdown Recording English German Learn what was Learn does macht Learn he er Learn Summary The German translation for “What is he doing?” is Was macht er?. The German, Was macht er?, can be broken down into 3 parts:"what" (was), "does" (macht) and "he" (er). Practice Lesson "What is he doing?" Practice (1) Lesson Learn Lesson words This lesson has no individual words. Lesson phrases What is he doing? etc. View all lesson phrases Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech