was
Betekenis (English)
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- (interrogative) what
- (relative) which (referring to the entire preceding clause)
- (relative) that, which (referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives)
- (colloquial,relative) that, which (referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das)
- (colloquial,indefinite) something, anything (instead of standard etwas)
- (dated,interrogative) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval)
Synonyms
oha
was für ein
was denn
was ein
welch ein
was sagtest du
was für eine
was von
welche Sache
Frekwensie
Dialects
Kanton Zürich
was
Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden
was
Kanton Zürich
wo
Kanton Graubünden
was
Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden
wa
Kanton Fribourg
was
Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden
was
Kanton Luzern
wo
Kanton Basel-Land
waas
Kanton Basel-Stadt
was
Kanton Zürich
wass
Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden
wo
Kanton Bern
was
Kanton Basel-Land
wo
Kanton Basel-Land
was
Kanton Basel-Land
wa
Kanton Basel-Land
waaseli
Kanton Luzern
was
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/vas/
Etymology (English)
From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, hwaz, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Cognate with Bavarian was, wås, Silesian East Central German woas (was), Dutch wat, English what, Danish hvad. Doublet of wat.
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