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English	German
What gave you that idea?	Wie kommst du denn auf die / diese Idee?
What gives you that idea?	Wie kommen Sie darauf? [formelle Anrede]
What gives you that idea?	Wie kommst du darauf?
What gives?	Was ist los?
What gives? [esp. Br.] [coll.] [What's up?]	Was gibts? [ugs.]
What glory would there be left for me?	Welcher Ruhm bliebe da noch für mich?
What God does is well done	Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan [J. S. Bach, BWV 98, 99, 100]
What God has joined together, let no man put asunder.	Was Gott zusammengeführt hat, soll der Mensch nicht trennen.
What goes around, comes around.	Wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus.
What goes around, comes around.	Was du Anderen Gutes tust, kommt irgendwann zu dir zurück.
What goes around, comes around.	Alles rächt sich früher oder später.
What goes around, comes around.	Alles rächt sich irgendwann.
What goes around, comes around.	Was man sät, das wird man ernten.
What goes around, comes around.	Wie du mir, so ich dir.
What goes around, comes around.	Wie es in den Wald hineinschallt, so schallt es auch wieder heraus.
What goes on here besides ... ?	Was tut sich hier noch, abgesehen von ... ?
What goes up must come down.	Was hinaufgeht, kommt auch wieder herunter.
What good comes from it / this / that?	Was soll daraus Gutes entstehen?
What grub have you got? [coll.]	Was gibts zum Reinschmeißen / Einschmeißen? [ugs.]
What had I best do?	Was tue ich am besten?
What happened back then?	Was ist damals passiert?
What happened on ... ?	Was geschah am ... ?
What happened so far.	Was bisher geschah.
What happened to you?	Was ist dir passiert?
What happened?	Was ist denn passiert?
What Happens in Vegas [Tom Vaughan]	Love Vegas
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. [idiom]	Was in Vegas passiert, bleibt in Vegas.
What has become of him?	Was ist aus ihm geworden?
What has become of it?	Was ist daraus geworden?
what has been	das Gewesene {n}
what has been agreed	was vereinbart worden ist
what has been happening in the past few days	die Geschehnisse {pl} der letzten Tage
what has been selected	was ausgewählt wurde
What has come over you?	Was ist los mit dir?
What has got into him?	Was ist bloß in ihn gefahren?
What has he done? [negative connotation]	Was hat er verbrochen? [ugs.] [hum. für: Was hat er denn angestellt?]
What has that got to do with anything? [coll.]	Was hat das denn damit zu tun? [ugs.]
What has that got to do with the price of fish? [coll.] [idiom]	Was hat das denn damit zu tun?
What has that got to do with the price of fish? [coll.] [Why are you trying to change the subject?]	Bleib beim Thema!
What has that got to do with the subject?	Was hat das mit dem Thema zu tun?
What has to be done, has to be done.	Wat mutt, dat mutt. [plattd.]
What has to be done, has to be done.	Wat mut, dat mut. [plattd.]
What (has) happened to your hair?	Du bist wohl die Treppe hinuntergefallen! [fig.]
What Have I Done to Deserve This? [Pedro Almodóvar]	Womit hab' ich das verdient?
What have I done to offend you?	Was habe ich dir angetan?
What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? [The Godfather]	Was habe ich dir denn bloß getan, dass du mich so respektlos behandelst? [Der Pate]
What have we got next?	Was haben wir als Nächstes?
What have you been up to lately?	Was hast du in letzter Zeit gemacht?
What have you been up to the last couple of days?	Was hast du die letzten Tage so getrieben? [ugs.]
What have you been up to?	Was hast du nun angestellt?
What have you been up to? [coll.] [idiom]	Wie läuft's bei dir so? [ugs.] [Redewendung]
What have you done now?	Was hast du denn nun wieder gemacht?
What have you done?	Was hast du nun angestellt?
What have you got to lose if ...?	Was vergibst du dir (schon), wenn ...? [Redewendung]
What have you to say for yourself?	Was hast du zu deiner Verteidigung zu sagen?
what human beings were originally meant to be	die ursprüngliche Bestimmung {f} des Menschen
What I don't know won't hurt me.	Was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß.
what I had in mind	das, woran ich dachte
What I Like About You	Hallo Holly
What I meant to say ...	Was ich eigentlich sagen wollte ...
What I need is a good drink.	Was ich brauche, ist ein anständiger Drink.
what if	und was geschieht, wenn
What if ...	Was wäre, wenn ...
What, if anything, ...	Was, wenn überhaupt etwas, ...
What if you could go back in time, and take all those hours of pain and darkness and replace them with something better? [Donnie Darko]	Und was wäre, wenn Du in die Vergangenheit reisen und alle schmerzhaften und dunklen Stunden durch etwas Besseres ersetzen könntest?
What I'm about to say is supposed to be confidential.	Was ich Ihnen jetzt sage, behandeln Sie bitte vertraulich.
What I'm trying to say is ...	Was ich damit sagen will, ist ...
What in blazes ... [coll.] [idiom]	Was zum Teufel ... [Redewendung]
What in God's name ...?	Was in Gottes Namen ...?
What in heaven's name possessed him to do that? [idiom]	Was um Himmels willen ritt den denn, das zu tun? [Redewendung]
What in tarnation? [esp. Am.] [dated]	Was zur Hölle? [ugs.]
What in the dickens is going on? [coll.]	Was zur Hölle geht hier ab? [ugs.]
What in the hell ... ? [coll.] [idiom]	Was zum Teufel ... ? [ugs.] [Redewendung]
What in the world ...	Was um alles in der Welt ...
What in (the) Sam Hill ...? [Am.] [coll.] [idiom] [What in the hell ...?]	Was zum Teufel ... [ugs.] [Redewendung]
What (in) the h-e-double hockey sticks ... ? [esp. Am.] [coll.] [euphem.] [What (in) the hell]	Was zum Geier ... ? [ugs.]
What induced you to do that?	Was hat Sie dazu bewogen?
What is ... about?	Worum geht es in / bei ...?
What is all this noise about?	Wozu all dieser Krach?
What is causing the delay?	Was verursacht die Verzögerung?
what is common	was üblich ist
what is common usage	was dem Handelsbrauch entspricht
what is desired	was gewünscht wird
What is due?	Was ist fällig?
what is good	das Gute {n}
What is happening?	Was ist los?
What is happening?	Was geht hier vor?
What is he accused of?	Wessen wird er beschuldigt?
What is he insinuating?	Was will er damit andeuten?
What is he like?	Wie ist er?
What is he on about? [coll.]	Was will er (sagen)?
What is his address?	Wo wohnt er?
What is his age?	Wie alt ist er?
what is important	das Wichtige {n}
What is it about then?	Worum geht es denn?
What Is It Like to Be a Bat? [Thomas Nagel]	Wie ist es, eine Fledermaus zu sein?
What is it now?	Was ist denn jetzt / nun schon wieder?
What is it that amuses you so?	Was belustigt dich?
What is it that diverts you so?	Was belustigt dich?
What is it you want to see me about?	Weswegen wolltest du mich sehen?
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