English–German dictionary

German translation of the English word what

English → German
  
EnglishGerman (translated indirectly)Esperanto
🔗 What’ll we do?
(that; which)
🔗 He didn’t like what he saw.
(what a)
was für ein
🔗 What peculiar stuff!
(what kind of; what sort of; what manner of)
was für
;
🔗 What difference does that make?
(what)
was für ein
🔗 But what a claw!
wozu
por kio
🔗 What are you giving him a balm for?
(what sort of; what manner of; what)
was für
;
🔗 What kind of a man is Underhill, uncle Jesse?
(a little; rather; some; to some extent; a bit; slightly; some amount; any amount; a little bit; a touch; a trifle)
🔗 I try to work with Europeans who speak English or at least understand it somewhat.

EnglishGerman
what⇆ was; ⇆ was für ein; ⇆ welcher; ⇆ wie
so what?⇆ na wennschon?
what about …?⇆ wie wär es mit …?; ⇆ wie wäre es mit …?; ⇆ wollen wir …?
what for⇆ warum
what … for⇆ wonach; ⇆ wozu
what is it called?⇆ wie heißt das?
what is the matter?⇆ was ist los?
what kind of⇆ was für; ⇆ was … für ein
what of it?⇆ was ist schon dabei?
somewhat⇆ eingermaßen; ⇆ etwas