Was ist das? Learn Unstarted Literal Breakdown Recording English German Learn what was Learn is ist Learn that das Learn Summary The German translation for “What is it?” is Was ist das?. The German, Was ist das?, can be broken down into 3 parts:"what" (was), "is" (ist) and "that" (das). Practice Lesson "What is it?" Practice (1) Lesson Learn Lesson words This lesson has no individual words. Lesson phrases What is it? etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Question words 1 Miscellaneous 3 Part of Speech Courses Nouns 1 Pronouns 2 Verbs 1 Adverbs 1 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech