Indefinitpronomen

irgendwas

Translation

something, anything

Ich muss dir irgendwas Wichtiges sagen.

I have to tell you something important.

Hast du irgendwas gehört?

Did you hear anything?

Machen wir am Wochenende irgendwas Schönes?

Should we do something nice on the weekend?

((as subject)) something/anything ... Irgendwas is wrong here.

((as object)) ... something/anything I want to drink something.

Synonyms: irgendetwas, etwas; Antonyms: nichts (nothing)

Composed of 'irgend-' (some, any) and 'was' (what, something). It's the informal, shortened version of 'irgendetwas'.

Think of it as the casual, everyday way to say 'something' or 'anything'. You'll hear it a lot in conversations.