Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| What are you doing? | Was machst du? | ||||||
| What are you doing there? | Was machst du da? | ||||||
| What a sight you are! | Wie siehst du denn aus! | ||||||
| How are you doing? | Wie geht's? | ||||||
| Do as you would be done by. | Was du nicht willst, dass man dir tu, das füg auch keinem andern zu. | ||||||
| What you don't know won't hurt you. | Was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß. | ||||||
| Who do you think I am? | Wofür halten Sie mich? | ||||||
| What are the odds! [coll.] | Was für ein Zufall! | ||||||
| What are the odds! [coll.] | Wie unwahrscheinlich ist das denn! | ||||||
| to be dying to do sth. [fig.] | darauf brennen, etw.acc. zu tun [fig.] | ||||||
| to be dying to do sth. [fig.] | es nicht erwarten können, etw.acc. zu tun | ||||||
| to be dying to do sth. [fig.] | etw.acc. um jeden Preis tun wollen | tat, getan | | ||||||
| to be dying to do sth. [fig.] | etw.acc. unbedingt tun wollen | tat, getan | | ||||||
| to be so kind as to do sth. | netterweise etw.acc. tun | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| What are you doing at the weekend? - Oh, nothing special. | Was machst du am Wochenende? - Ach, nichts Besonderes. | ||||||
| What's to be done with it? | Was soll damit geschehen? | ||||||
| What remains to be done? | Was kann man noch tun? | ||||||
| What is to be done with the goods? | Was soll mit der Ware geschehen? | ||||||
| What are you after? | Was suchst du? | ||||||
| What are you driving at? | Worauf wollen Sie hinaus? | ||||||
| What are you up to? | Was machst du? | ||||||
| What are you thinking about? | Worüber denken Sie nach? | ||||||
| What line are you in? | In welcher Branche sind Sie tätig? | ||||||
| What line are you in? | In welcher Branche sind Sie? | ||||||
| What line of work are you in? | Was machen Sie beruflich? | ||||||
| What line of work are you in? | Was machst du beruflich? | ||||||
| On what terms are you ready to supply? | Unter welchen Bedingungen liefern Sie? | ||||||
| What size do you take? | Welche Größe haben Sie? | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| what-do-you-call-her [coll.] | die Dingsda no plural | ||||||
| what-do-you-call-him [coll.] | der Dingsda no plural | ||||||
| what you see is what you get [abbr.: WYSIWYG] [COMP.] | WYSIWYG - originalgetreue Darstellung der Druckausgabe am Bildschirm | ||||||
| "Who are you" signal function [TELECOM.] | das Wer-da-Signal | ||||||
| are - unit of measurement | das (or: der) Ar pl.: die Are symbol: a | ||||||
| are - unit of measurement | die Are pl.: die Aren symbol: a (Switzerland) - das Ar | ||||||
| doings pl. | die Taten | ||||||
| doings pl. | die Machenschaften | ||||||
| doings (Brit.) | das Dingsbums no plural [coll.] | ||||||
| armet [MIL.][HIST.] | der Armet [Armory] | ||||||
| hairdo or: hair-do [coll.] | die Frisur pl.: die Frisuren | ||||||
| do-gooder | der Humanitätsapostel pl.: die Humanitätsapostel - ironisch | ||||||
| do-gooder | der Weltverbesserer | die Weltverbesserin pl.: die Weltverbesserer, die Weltverbesserinnen | ||||||
| do-it-yourself | die Do-it-yourself-Methode pl.: die Do-it-yourself-Methoden | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to be able to do what one likes with one's time | Herr über seine Zeit sein | war, gewesen | | ||||||
| to do no more than what is absolutely necessary | nur das Nötigste machen | machte, gemacht | | ||||||
| to be to do sth. - used to express obligation | etw.acc. tun sollen | ||||||
| to be into doing sth. | was, been | | etw.acc. gerne tun | tat, getan | | ||||||
| to be done | was, been | [coll.] | fertig sein | war, gewesen | | ||||||
| to be done for | was, been | [coll.] | geliefert sein | war, gewesen | [coll.] | ||||||
| to be done for | was, been | [coll.] | erledigt sein | war, gewesen | [coll.] | ||||||
| to be done for | was, been | [coll.] | ruiniert sein | war, gewesen | | ||||||
| to be able to do sth. | etw.acc. tun können | ||||||
| to be allowed to do sth. | etw.acc. tun dürfen | ||||||
| to be about to do sth. | im Begriff sein, etw.acc. zu tun | war, gewesen | | ||||||
| to be about to do sth. | davorstehen, etw.acc. zu tun | stand davor, davorgestanden | | ||||||
| to be about to do sth. | im Begriff stehen, etw.acc. zu tun | stand, gestanden | | ||||||
| to be able to do sth. | etw.acc. vermögen | vermochte, vermocht | | ||||||
Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| and what have you | und so weiter | ||||||
| what adj. pron. | welcher | welche | welches | ||||||
| what adv. pron. | was | ||||||
| what adj. | was für | ||||||
| what adv. | woran - interrogativ | ||||||
| for what | wofür adv. | ||||||
| with what | womit adv. | ||||||
| against what | wogegen adv. | ||||||
| what from | woraus adv. | ||||||
| what for | wozu adv. | ||||||
| what of | wovor adv. | ||||||
| to be | in spe | ||||||
| do-or-die adj. | hartnäckig | ||||||
| do-or-die adj. | verbissen | ||||||
Prepositions / Pronouns | |||||||
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| you pron. - used to refer to people in general | man | ||||||
| you - object pronoun, singular pron. | dir pers. pron. | ||||||
| you - object pronoun, singular pron. | dich pers. pron. | ||||||
| you - subject; object pronoun, plural pron. | euch pers. pron., acc./dat. | ||||||
| you pron. - object pronoun, singular and plural | Ihnen Polite form | ||||||
| you - subject, plural pron. | ihr 2. P. Pl., nom. | ||||||
| you - subject, singular pron. | du | ||||||
| you - subject, singular and plural pron. | Sie Polite form, acc. | ||||||
| what pron. | welch | ||||||
| what pron. | das, was | ||||||
| y'all pron. - Southern slang for you-all (Amer.) | ihr 2. P. Pl., nom. | ||||||
| be it that ... | gesetzt den Fall, dass ... | ||||||
| of you | deiner - Personalpronomen 2. Person Genitiv Singular | ||||||
| without doing sth. | ohne etw.acc. zu tun | ||||||
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Grammar |
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| 'what' „Das, was“ bzw. auch nur „was“ wird im Englischen durch what wiedergegeben. |
| 'What' und 'which' + Substantiv What + Substantiv leitet eine allgemeine Frage ein.Mit which + Substantiv fragt man nach einer Person / Sache aus einer bestimmten Gruppe / Menge / Reihe o. Ä. in einer bestimmten … |
| Das Komma bei Interjektionen Nach einer Interjektion am Satzbeginn steht ein Komma. |
| Die Adverbform des Adjektivs „full“ Die Adverbform des Adjektivs full lautet fully*. |
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