Was geht ab
what's up?, what's going on? (casual greeting)
Origin
'Was geht ab?' is a casual youth-slang greeting and is regarded as a direct loan translation of English 'What's up?'. Here 'abgehen' functions as a state ('what's going on?, how are things?'). The phrase is often shortened to 'Was geht?' and has by now partly passed into general colloquial usage.
Building blocks
Grammar that uses this word
- Pronoun 'er' (he/it, nominative)Pronomen 'er' (Nominativ)
- Pronoun 'sie' (she/it, singular, nominative)Pronomen 'sie' (Singular, Nominativ)
- Pronoun 'ihr' (you all, informal, nominative)Pronomen 'ihr' (Nominativ)
- Question word 'wie' (how, manner)Fragewort 'wie' (Art und Weise)
Examples
Ey, was geht ab bei dir?
Hey, what's up with you?