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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 dragons eat? Was fressen Drachen?
What a big dog! Was für ein großer Hund!
What a hypocrite! Was für ein Heuchler!
What’s their story? Was ist ihre Geschichte?
What is he doing? Was macht er?
What does John do here? Was macht John hier?
What should I tell them? Was soll ich ihnen sagen?
What you say is correct. Was Sie sagen, ist richtig.
Yanni knew what he had to do. Yanni wusste, was er tun musste.
How fortuitous! Was für ein Glück!

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"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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