what
Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilitiesWhich, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
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» I don't know what you mean.
Ich weiß nicht, was du meinst. — kroko
Я не понимаю, что ты имеешь в виду. — zmoo
Я не знаю, что ты имеешь в виду. — r381318
Я не знаю, что вы имеете в виду. — marafon
Я не знаю, що ти маєш на увазі. — triantafillou
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(interrogative)Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
What colour are you going to use?
What time is it?
(indirect, interrogative)Which.
I wonder what colour he is going to use.
I know what colour I am going to use.
(relative)Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
He seems to have lost what sense he had.
What money I earn is soon spent.
Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
This shows what beauty there is in nature.
You know what nonsense she talks.
welch, was für
Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.
What nonsense!
Wow! What a speech.
was, was für, so
како́йkakój, кака́яkakája, како́еkakóje
Examples
82339 sentencesI don't know what you mean.
Я не знаю, що ти маєш на увазі. — triantafillou
ruЯ не понимаю, что ты имеешь в виду. — zmoo
deIch weiß nicht, was du meinst. — kroko
I don't get what you mean.
Не розумію, що ти маєш на увазі. — brambury
ruЯ не понимаю, что вы имеете в виду. — Biga
deIch weiß nicht, was du meinst. — kroko
I didn't know what to say.
Я не знав, що сказати. — deniko
ruЯ не знал, что сказать. — odexed
deIch wusste nicht, was ich sagen soll. — riotlake
I didn't hear what you said.
Я не чув, що ти сказав. — Internecivus
ruЯ не расслышал, что Вы сказали. — Hotaru
deIch habe nicht gehört, was du gesagt hast. — Sudajaengi
This is just what I wanted.
Саме цього я й хотів. — deniko
ruЭто как раз то, чего я хотел. — sharptoothed
deDas ist genau das, was ich wollte. — Wolf
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwat,From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”), neuter form of *kʷós (“who”).
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- C1Cleft sentences — Because the lesson uses it
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.