Vokabahn

was

A1 Pronoun / Determiner / Adverb frequency rank #36

What was means

Pronoun

  1. what
  2. which
  3. that or which (relative pronoun)

Determiner

  1. what
  2. which
  3. that or which (relative pronoun)

Adverb

  1. what
  2. which
  3. that or which (relative pronoun)

Forms

Pronoun · was (nom.); wessen (gen.); wes (gen.) | Determiner | Adverb

Pronunciation

was in a sentence

Kannst du mir sagen, was ich suchen soll?

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was is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #36 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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