What - Was (The 38th Most Common German Word)

The German translation for What is Was. This word often comes up when talking about ownership. It is the 38th most commonly used word in German, classified as a A1 word. It can be used as pronoun. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: what

German: was

Examples


I think I know what that is.	Ich denke, ich weiß, was das ist.
I know what this is.	Ich weiß, was das ist.
I don't know what I want.	Ich weiß nicht, was ich will.
I know what it is.	Ich weiß, was das ist.
Now I don't know what to do.	Gerade weiß ich nicht, was ich tun soll.
I just don't know what to do anymore.	Ich weiß nicht, was man noch machen kann.
I don't know what else to do.	Ich weiß nicht, was ich sonst tun soll.
I am what I am.	Ich bin was ich bin.

She knows what she has to do.	Du weißt, was du zu tun hast.
I know what it is you want.	Ich weiß, was du willst.
I don't know what you want to do.	Ich weiß nicht, was du machen willst.
Whatever he says goes.	Was er sagt, gilt.
I don't care who you are, I care about what you do.	Es ist mir egal, wer du bist, mir ist wichtig, was du tust.
Don't pay any attention to what your father says.	Schenk dem, was dein Vater sagt, keine Beachtung.
I don't know where to go or what to do.	Ich weiß nicht, wohin ich gehen oder was ich tun soll.
I know what you've done.	Ich weiß, was du getan hast.
Remember what I tell you	Merke dir, was ich dir sage
I'll do what I have to do.	Ich werde tun, was ich tun muss.
You heard what your mother said.	Ihr habt gehört, was euer Vater gesagt hat.
I couldn't believe what my eyes saw.	Ich traute meinen Augen nicht, was ich da sah.
I can't tell you what I think.	Ich kann dir nicht sagen, was ich denke.