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 |
ist |
v. third-person singular present of sein |
sein |
v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be |
v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) |
v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for |
v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs |
v. to exist; there to be; to be alive |
v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) |
v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag |
det. his |
det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) |
det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. |
det. one's |
denn |
conj. for; because; since |
conj. (after a comparative, archaic, or dialectal) than |
adv. (in a question, modal particle) then, ever, but, now (used for emphasis or to express interest, surprise or doubt, or in rhetorical questions) |
adv. (rather rare) thus, so; (expresses a consequence; see usage notes) |
adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) then, after that, in that case |
los |
adj. (colloquial or dated) Alternative form of lose, , loose |
adv. off, rid of |
adv. going on |
adv. (colloquial regional Westphalia Lower Saxony) open |
interj. come on!, let's go! |
interj. (racing) Go! |
v. singular imperative of losen |
losen |
adj. form of lose |
v. to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up |