was wir tun

what we do

→ was
phrase Common #5,699
what we do The phrase can refer to what we are doing or what we should do, depending on context.
GE: Was wir tun, ist wichtig.
EN: What we do is important.

Was wir tun, liegt an dir.

What we do is up to you.

Männer, tun wir, was wir tun.

Men, let's do what we do.

— One Battle After Another (2025)

Schien das Mindeste zu sein, was wir tun konnten.

It seemed like the least we could do.

— Stirb langsam (1988)

Wir tun, was wir tun müssen.

We do what we have to do.

— Elite Squad: Im Sumpf der Korruption (2010)

Es gab vieles, was wir tun wollten, aber wir sind nicht zu viel gekommen.

There was a lot we wanted to do, but we didn’t get around to much.

Was, wenn jemand herausfindet, was wir tun?

What if someone finds out what we're doing?

— Bugonia (2025)

Wir wissen beide, was wir tun.

We both know what we're doing.

Wir müssen rausfinden, was wir tun wollen.

We need to figure out what we want to do.

— Die Hand Gottes (2021)

Selbst der fragt mich nicht, was wir tun.

Even he doesn't ask me what we're doing.

— James Bond 007 - Casino Royale (2006)

Wir fragten uns, was wir tun könnten.

We wondered what we could do.

Ihnen scheint nicht klar zu sein, was wir tun müssen.

You don’t seem to understand what we have to do.

Was wir tun werden, ist, uns hier schleunigst aus dem Staub zu machen.

What we're going to do is get out of here as quickly as possible.

Das ist nicht, was wir tun müssen.

That's not what we have to do.

Wir können nicht entkommen, egal, was wir tun.

We cannot escape, no matter what we do.

— Blau ist eine warme Farbe (2013)

Spielt es eine Rolle, was wir tun?

Does it matter what we do?

Hier ist, was wir tun werden.

Here's what we're going to do.

Aber ich wüsste einfach nur gern, was wir tun müssen, um es allen zu beweisen.

But I would just like to know what we need to do to prove it to everyone.

— Zoomania 2 (2025)

Ihr wißt, was wir tun müssen, oder?

You know what we have to do, right?