was in Pennsylvania German

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Etymology: From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, hwaz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat. Compare German was, Dutch wat, English what. Etymology templates: {{inh|pdc|gmh|waz}} Middle High German waz, {{inh|pdc|goh|waz}} Old High German waz, {{inh|pdc|gmw-pro|*hwat}} Proto-West Germanic *hwat, {{cog|de|was}} German was, {{cog|nl|wat}} Dutch wat, {{cog|en|what}} English what Head templates: {{head|pdc|pronoun}} was

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "waz"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German waz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "waz"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German waz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwat",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "was"
      },
      "expansion": "German was",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wat"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wat",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "English what",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, hwaz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat.\nCompare German was, Dutch wat, English what.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "was",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
  "lang_code": "pdc",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pennsylvania German pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what"
      ],
      "id": "en-was-pdc-pron-dJqywNBs",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "was"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "waz"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German waz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "waz"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German waz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwat",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "was"
      },
      "expansion": "German was",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wat"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wat",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "English what",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, hwaz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat.\nCompare German was, Dutch wat, English what.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "was",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
  "lang_code": "pdc",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Pennsylvania German lemmas",
        "Pennsylvania German pronouns",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "was"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Pennsylvania German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"was" meaning in Pennsylvania German

Pronoun