When do you use wie and was in German? For example: What is your name? I understand you ask the question with wie instead of was.
What is the difference between "wie" and "was" in a certain context?
Verlangt wie (im Sinne von zum Beispiel) einen speziellen Fall, oder wird der gleiche Fall wie beim vorangegangenen Objekt verwendet? Was ist z. B. korrekt: Bedingt durch Faktoren wie [d...
The most similar phrase in English seems to me "what's that?" (I'm not native in English and could be wrong). Why is "wie" used here? In other words, if "Wie bitte?" is expanded in its full, what would it be? As a side question, is there any (commonly used) expression using "was" to mean the listener did not catch what the other was saying?
Why is "Wie" used in "Wie bitte"? - German Language Stack Exchange
1 I've started learning German only recently and as far as I know Wie is how in English and Was is what. However, I have noticed that sometimes it says Wie where it would be more logical to say Was. For example, in my book it says "Wie ist deine Adresse?" Can anyone explain what types of questions use Wie and what types use Was?
Isn't Wie geht's = Wie geht's (dir)?. But I do not still understand why the elder person answers back "Wie geht's?" with "Und wie geht's es Ihnen?", it sounds to me like the younger person (Nicole) is the employer of this elder person (Frau Wachter).
2 Ich schließe mich definitiv meinen Vorrednern in dem Punkt an, dass wie und was in diesem Fall keinesfalls gleiche Bedeutungen haben. Ich habe festgestellt, dass zumindest in der Umgangssprache Fragen mit wie und was ein grundlegender inhaltlicher Unterschied zugrunde liegen. Fragen mit wie gehen davon aus, dass es nur ein Objekt dieser Art ...