was
pron · /vas/ ·Etymology
From Middle High German waȥ, from Old High German waȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Cognate with Dutch wat, Low German wat, English what, Danish hvad, Icelandic hvað.
Translation
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what
interrogative
Was machst du heute?
What are you doing today?
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which; referring to the entire preceding clause
relative
Sie tanzte gut, was er bewunderte.
She was a good dancer, which he admired.
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that, which; referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives
relative
Das ist alles, was ich weiß.
That's all that I know.
Das ist das Beste, was mir passieren konnte.
That's the best that could have happened to me.
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that, which; referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das
colloquial, relative
Siehst du das weiße Haus, was renoviert wird?
Do you see that white house, which is being renovated?
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something, anything; instead of standard etwas
colloquial, indefinite
Ich hab was gefunden.
I've found something.
Er wollte Anna was antun.
He wanted to do something to Anna.