what the

Bedeutung

Used to express astonishment or incredulity, as a question or questioning of the situation at hand, without requiring any specific vulgarity as intensifier.

Etymologie

From various expressions such as what the sam hill, what the hey, what the heck, what the hell and what the fuck by aposiopesis.

Sätze

What the flaming .

Was zum Flammen.

But he kept quiet , because he had heard what the alchemist said to the monk .

Aber er schwieg, weil er gehört hatte, was der Alchemist zum Mönch sagte.