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was

what

The 64th most frequent word in German, appearing about 1,469 times per million words.

Type
pronoun
Frequency rank
#64
Per million words
1,469

In a sentence

Was ist das?What is that?

Forms

German pronouns change with the case. These three forms cover almost everything you will need.

Nominativewas
Accusativewas
Dative

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