# what

> German word · Pronoun · IPA [wɒt] · frequency rank #4,752

## Definitions
1. was?

## Easily confused with
- **Wut** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-wut)
- **WHO** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-who)
- **why** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-why)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-wit)
- **Wort** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-wort)
- **WLAN** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-wlan)
- **when** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-when)
- **Wirt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-wirt)
- **wüst** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-wust)
- **wohnt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-wohnt)
- **white** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/what-vs-white)
- **wa** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wa-vs-what)
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/war-vs-what)
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/was-vs-what)
- **way** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/way-vs-what)
- **Wat** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wat-vs-what)
- **Wal** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wal-vs-what)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wet-vs-what)
- **wau** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wau-vs-what)
- **Welt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/welt-vs-what)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hwat`, `waht`, `whatt`, `whhat`, `whta`, `wwhat`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/what