was
Meaning
-
- (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)
Concepts
Synonyms
oha
was für ein
was denn
was ein
welch ein
was sagtest du
was für eine
was von
welche Sache
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
was
Appenzell Innerrhoden
was
Zürich
wo
Graubünden
was
Appenzell Innerrhoden
wa
Fribourg
was
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
was
Lucerne
wo
Basel-Landschaft
waas
Basel-Stadt
was
Zürich
wass
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
wo
Bern
was
Basel-Landschaft
wo
Basel-Landschaft
was
Basel-Landschaft
wa
Basel-Landschaft
waaseli
Lucerne
was
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vas/
Etymology
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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