Usage examples of "what if" in English with translation to German

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What if I say "no"? Und was ist, wenn ich "nein" sage?
What if he comes back now? Was ist, wenn er jetzt zurückkommt?
What if you gave a speech and nobody came? Was wäre, wenn du eine Rede halten würdest, und niemand käme?
So what if I am gay? Is it a crime? Und was macht es, wenn ich schwul bin? Ist das ein Verbrechen?
What if you make yourself ill? An unbalanced diet leads to all kinds of sicknesses. Was ist, wenn du dich selbst krank machst? Eine unausgewogene Diät führt zu allen möglichen Beschwerden.
What time do you go home? Wann gehst du nach Hause?
Let's see what happens. Mal sehen, was passiert.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Das Problem unserer Zeit ist, dass die Zukunft nicht mehr das ist was sie einmal war.
You are what you eat. Du bist, was du isst.
Actually, that's what I thought. Genau das habe ich mir auch gedacht.
No matter what happens, you must not give up. Egal was passiert, du darfst nicht aufgeben.
This is what I have been looking for. Danach habe ich gesucht.
What makes you think that Tom is planning to ask Mary to marry him? Wie kommst du darauf, dass Tom vorhat, Maria einen Heiratsantrag zu machen?
No matter what may happen, I am always prepared for it. Keine Frage, was geschehen mag, ich bin darauf vorbereitet.
What is it that you want me to do? Was soll ich machen?
Tom doesn't know what Mary meant. Tom weiß nicht, was Mary gemeint hat.
He took away what little money I had. Er nahm mir das wenige Geld, das ich hatte.
Suppose it were true, what would you do? Angenommen, es wäre wahr, was würdest du machen?
You should pay more attention to what he says. Du solltest mehr darauf achten, was er sagt.
Life starts when you decide what you are expecting from it. Das Leben beginnt, wenn man entscheidet, was man von ihm erwartet.
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