what - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ German Dictionary

Adjectives / Adverbs

what  adj.  pron.	welcher | welche | welches
what  adj.	was für
what  adv.  pron.	was
what  adv.	woran   - interrogativ
what from	woraus  adv.
what for	wozu  adv.
what of	wovor  adv.
to what extent	inwieweit  adv.
to what extent	inwiefern  adv.
to what extent	in welchem Ausmaß
for what	wofür
in what	worin  adv.
with what	womit  adv.
against what	wogegen

Prepositions / Pronouns

what  pron.	welche
what  pron.	das, was
despite what ...	trotz allem, was ...
depending on what ...	je nachdem, was ...

Phrases / Collocations

What?	Was?
What!	Was!
what if	und was geschieht, wenn
what if	und was, wenn
What a ...	Was für ein ...
What can I do for you?	Sie wünschen?
What can I do for you?	Was darf's sein?
What cheek!	Was für eine Frechheit!
What else?	Was noch?
What next?	Was denn noch?
What next?	Was nun?
What next?	Was sonst noch?
What nonsense!	Was für Unsinn!
What nonsense!	Was für ein Unsinn!

Nouns

what you see is what you get [abbr.: WYSIWYG] [COMP.]

WYSIWYG   - originalgetreue Darstellung der Druckausgabe am Bildschirm

Verbs

to pay attention to what so. says	jmdm. genau zuhören
to have what it takes	das Zeug zu etw.^dat. haben
to deliberate what to do	überlegen, was zu tun sei
to do no more than what is absolutely necessary	nur das Nötigste machen
to be able to do what one likes with one's time	Herr über seine Zeit sein
to tell so. what they want to hear	jmdm. nach dem Mund reden

Examples

What made him do that?	Wie kam er nur dazu?
What considerations?	Was für Erwägungen?
What a day!	Was für ein Tag!
What can I do for you?	Womit kann ich Ihnen dienen?
What can I do for you?	Was kann ich für Sie tun?
What are his politics?	Wo steht er politisch?
What are they talking about?	Worüber reden sie?
What are you driving at?	Worauf wollen Sie hinaus?
What has become of it?	Was ist daraus geworden?
What makes you think that?	Wie kommst du darauf?
What size do you take?	Welche Größe haben Sie?
What would you like?	Was möchtest du?
What about breakfast?	Wie wär's mit Frühstück?
What about me?	Und ich?

Orthographically similar words

chat, haft, halt, hart, hat, hate, hath, Heat, heat, khat, phat, swat, that, That, twat, waft, wait, Wait, want, wart, Watt, watt, wham, wheat, whet, Whit, whit, whoa

Chat, Haft, halt, Halt, hart, Hast, Hatz, Haut, Khat, Want, Wart, Wat-, Watt

Related search terms

whichsoever, which