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Sentence

Was gibt's?

Translation

what's the matter?



Analysis


was
     pron. (interrogative) what
     pron. (relative) which ((referring to the entire preceding clause))
     pron. (relative) that, which ((referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives))
     pron. (relative, colloquial) that, which ((referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das))
     pron. (indefinite, colloquial) something, anything ((instead of standard etwas))
     pron. (interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval)
     adv. (colloquial) a little, somewhat
     adv. (interrogative, colloquial) why, what for
gibt's
     contraction. contraction of gibt es




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