Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #38
Word (Wort)

was

Translation (Übersetzung) what
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /vas/
A1
Pronouns
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common pronoun interrogative relative
Interrogative and relative pronoun meaning 'what'. Also used in exclamations. Thirty-eighth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Was ist das?
What is that?
interrogative
Was für ein Auto ist das?
What kind of car is that?
what kind of
Das, was ich sage, ist wichtig.
What I say is important.
relative pronoun
Was für ein schöner Tag!
What a beautiful day!
exclamation

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
was ist
what is
High frequency
was für
what kind of
High frequency
was auch
whatever
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
was auch immer
whatever
Expressing indifference or inclusiveness
was für ein
what a
Exclamation expressing surprise or emphasis
Synonyms (Synonyme)
welche Medium similarity
Which (different usage - for choices)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

welche das wer Pronomen

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