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"what" in German

was
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Summary

The German translation for “what” is was.

Examples of "what" in use

There are 122 examples of the German word for "what" being used:
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What do you want to do? Was möchten Sie tun?
What don’t I understand? Was verstehe ich nicht?
What did you order? Was hast du bestellt?
What is the problem? Was ist das Problem?
What are they doing? (short form) Was machen Sie?
What is that building? Was ist das für ein Gebäude?
What did you say? Was hast du gesagt?
What did Tom tell Mary not to do? Was hat Tom Mary gesagt?
What have you done today? Was hast du heute gemacht?
What did you do this morning? Was hast du heute Morgen gemacht?

Practice Lesson

"what" Practice (123)
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about what,
And what was more beautiful to see,
Do as Tom says.,
Do you know what Tom’s favorite drink is?,
Heaven knows what there was in the bed!,
How fortuitous!,
I can’t condone what you did.,
I know what they’re going to do.,
I liked what you said.,
I listened carefully to what they said.,
I think what you’re saying is true.,
It’s impossible to predict what’ll happen.,
Let’s focus on what we have in common.,
like this,
Nobody can foresee what’ll happen.,
Please tell me what to do.,
She didn’t know what she could do here.,
the new time, just what you say,
We must tell everybody what happened.,
We were aware of what was going on.
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Acknowledgements

English source

https://lingopolo.org/dutch/word/what

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