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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "komme, was wolle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was ist dir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was ist Dir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was kostet es"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was zum Geier"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was zum Kuckuck"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tun, was man nicht lassen kann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was auch immer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was der Bauer nicht kennt, das frisst er nicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was geht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was gibt's Neues"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was du nicht sagst"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was ihr nicht sagt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "was Sie nicht sagen"
}
],
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"2": "gmh",
"3": "waz"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "waz"
},
"expansion": "Old High German waz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "goh",
"2": "hwaz"
},
"expansion": "hwaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwat"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwat",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷod"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷod",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bar",
"2": "was"
},
"expansion": "Bavarian was",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bar",
"2": "wås"
},
"expansion": "wås",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sli",
"2": "woas"
},
"expansion": "Silesian East Central German woas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-ecg",
"2": "was"
},
"expansion": "was",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wat"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wat",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "what"
},
"expansion": "English what",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hvad"
},
"expansion": "Danish hvad",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wat"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of wat",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, hwaz, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Cognate with Bavarian was, wås, Silesian East Central German woas (was), Dutch wat, English what, Danish hvad. Doublet of wat.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "glossary",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "was",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "pronoun",
"cat2": "interrogative pronouns",
"cat3": "relative pronouns"
},
"expansion": "was",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What are you doing today?",
"text": "Was machst du heute?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what"
],
"id": "en-was-de-pron-dJqywNBs",
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) what"
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "She was a good dancer, which he admired.",
"text": "Sie tanzte gut, was er bewunderte.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"which (referring to the entire preceding clause)"
],
"id": "en-was-de-pron-iMSe7-Ux",
"links": [
[
"which",
"which"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(relative) which (referring to the entire preceding clause)"
],
"tags": [
"relative"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "That's all that I know.",
"text": "Das ist alles, was ich weiß.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "That's the best that could have happened to me.",
"text": "Das ist das Beste, was mir passieren konnte.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"that, which (referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives)"
],
"id": "en-was-de-pron-sU2y-a-w",
"links": [
[
"that",
"that"
],
[
"which",
"which"
],
[
"das",
"das#German"
],
[
"alles",
"alles#German"
],
[
"etwas",
"etwas#German"
],
[
"nichts",
"nichts#German"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(relative) that, which (referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives)"
],
"tags": [
"relative"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 6 0 0 3 5 34 34 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 3 0 0 4 3 34 37 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 9 4 4 6 8 22 20 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German interrogative pronouns",
"parents": [
"Interrogative pronouns",
"Interrogative pro-forms",
"Pronouns",
"Pro-forms",
"Lemmas",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 10 7 7 9 10 17 17 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 7 3 3 5 6 20 20 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German relative pronouns",
"parents": [
"Relative pronouns",
"Pronouns",
"Relative pro-forms",
"Lemmas",
"Pro-forms",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Do you see that white house, which is being renovated?",
"text": "Siehst du das weiße Haus, was renoviert wird?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"that, which (referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das)"
],
"id": "en-was-de-pron-PlMlUR7e",
"links": [
[
"that",
"that"
],
[
"which",
"which"
],
[
"das",
"das#German"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(relative, colloquial) that, which (referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das)"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"relative"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 6 0 0 3 5 34 34 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 3 0 0 4 3 34 37 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 9 4 4 6 8 22 20 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German interrogative pronouns",
"parents": [
"Interrogative pronouns",
"Interrogative pro-forms",
"Pronouns",
"Pro-forms",
"Lemmas",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 10 7 7 9 10 17 17 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 7 3 3 5 6 20 20 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German relative pronouns",
"parents": [
"Relative pronouns",
"Pronouns",
"Relative pro-forms",
"Lemmas",
"Pro-forms",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I've found something.",
"text": "Ich hab was gefunden.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He wanted to do something to Anna.",
"ref": "2017, Simone Meier, Fleisch, Kein & Aber, published 2018, page 39",
"text": "Er wollte Anna was antun.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"something, anything (instead of standard etwas)"
],
"id": "en-was-de-pron-BGMA6gPp",
"links": [
[
"indefinite",
"indefinite"
],
[
"something",
"something"
],
[
"anything",
"anything"
],
[
"etwas",
"etwas#German"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(indefinite, colloquial) something, anything (instead of standard etwas)"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"indefinite"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 6 0 0 3 5 34 34 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 3 0 0 4 3 34 37 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 9 4 4 6 8 22 20 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German interrogative pronouns",
"parents": [
"Interrogative pronouns",
"Interrogative pro-forms",
"Pronouns",
"Pro-forms",
"Lemmas",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 7 3 3 5 6 20 20 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German relative pronouns",
"parents": [
"Relative pronouns",
"Pronouns",
"Relative pro-forms",
"Lemmas",
"Pro-forms",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Why on earth are you hiding your face so fearfully?",
"text": "Was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval)"
],
"id": "en-was-de-pron-VTmzImD8",
"links": [
[
"why",
"why"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval)"
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/vas/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-as"
},
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"in western and parts of northern Germany"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "wat"
}
],
"word": "was"
}
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "waz"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German waz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "waz"
},
"expansion": "Old High German waz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
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},
"expansion": "hwaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷod"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷod",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bar",
"2": "was"
},
"expansion": "Bavarian was",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bar",
"2": "wås"
},
"expansion": "wås",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sli",
"2": "woas"
},
"expansion": "Silesian East Central German woas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-ecg",
"2": "was"
},
"expansion": "was",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wat"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wat",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "what"
},
"expansion": "English what",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hvad"
},
"expansion": "Danish hvad",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wat"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of wat",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, hwaz, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Cognate with Bavarian was, wås, Silesian East Central German woas (was), Dutch wat, English what, Danish hvad. Doublet of wat.",
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{
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"1": "de",
"2": "determiner"
},
"expansion": "was",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "1718, Johann Caspar Schwartz, Johann Caspar Schwartzens Fünfftes Dutzend Wund-artzneyischer Anmerckungen von vielerley Arten der Geschwülste und Geschwüre, Hamburg, page 97",
"text": "[...] denen Thieren und Gewächsen aber, von was Arten und Geschlechten selbige auch nur immer seyn mögen, [...]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "1742, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Versuch einer Critischen Dichtkunst, Leipzig, page 442",
"text": "Held August, du kühner Krieger! / Du bist der beglückte Sieger, / Vor, und in, und nach dem Fall. / Auf was Arten, auf was Weisen, / Soll man deine Thaten preisen / Hier und da, und überall?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "1786, Johann Michael Schosulan, Gründlicher Unterricht für das Landvolk: Wie und auf was Weise jedermann seinen etrunkenen, erhängten, erstickten, erfrornen, von Hitze verschmachteten und von Blitz berührten unglücklichen Nebenmenschen Hülfe leisten, der Retter aber für sein eigenes Leben sich selbst sicher stellen solle., Wien, title",
"text": "Wie und auf was Weise jedermann seinen [...] Nebenmenschen Hülfe leisten [...] solle.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what; what kind of"
],
"id": "en-was-de-det-mcRjhEWC",
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"kind",
"kind"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) what; what kind of"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "was für"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/vas/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-as"
},
{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"in western and parts of northern Germany"
],
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"colloquial"
],
"word": "wat"
}
],
"word": "was"
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "waz"
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"expansion": "Old High German waz",
"name": "inh"
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{
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{
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷod",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bar",
"2": "was"
},
"expansion": "Bavarian was",
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{
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"1": "bar",
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"expansion": "wås",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sli",
"2": "woas"
},
"expansion": "Silesian East Central German woas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-ecg",
"2": "was"
},
"expansion": "was",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wat"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wat",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "what"
},
"expansion": "English what",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
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},
"expansion": "Danish hvad",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wat"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of wat",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
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"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "am {{{2}}}",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "was",
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}
],
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"categories": [
{
"_dis": "11 9 4 4 6 8 22 20 14",
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"Interrogative pro-forms",
"Pronouns",
"Pro-forms",
"Lemmas",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 10 7 7 9 10 17 17 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 7 3 3 5 6 20 20 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German relative pronouns",
"parents": [
"Relative pronouns",
"Pronouns",
"Relative pro-forms",
"Lemmas",
"Pro-forms",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I'll arrive a little later.",
"text": "Ich komm was später.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a little, somewhat"
],
"id": "en-was-de-adv-NDVHHF3y",
"links": [
[
"a little",
"a little"
],
[
"somewhat",
"somewhat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) a little, somewhat"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 10 7 7 9 10 17 17 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Why are you so silent today?",
"text": "Was bist du heute so stumm?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"why, what for"
],
"id": "en-was-de-adv-1E9mzYiM",
"links": [
[
"why",
"why"
],
[
"what for",
"what for"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative, colloquial) why, what for"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "warum"
},
{
"word": "wieso"
},
{
"word": "weshalb"
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{
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"ref": "1718, Johann Caspar Schwartz, Johann Caspar Schwartzens Fünfftes Dutzend Wund-artzneyischer Anmerckungen von vielerley Arten der Geschwülste und Geschwüre, Hamburg, page 97",
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{
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"ref": "1742, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Versuch einer Critischen Dichtkunst, Leipzig, page 442",
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"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "1786, Johann Michael Schosulan, Gründlicher Unterricht für das Landvolk: Wie und auf was Weise jedermann seinen etrunkenen, erhängten, erstickten, erfrornen, von Hitze verschmachteten und von Blitz berührten unglücklichen Nebenmenschen Hülfe leisten, der Retter aber für sein eigenes Leben sich selbst sicher stellen solle., Wien, title",
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