"Sie lädt was?"

Translation: She is loading what?

[Ann390834]

Why is "What is she uploading?" wrong?

[biertopf]

"laden" without prefix usually does not mean "upload".
"To upload" is "hochladen" in German. "To download" is "herunterladen" or short "runterladen".

[PushythePirate1]

Thank you. I was wondering why it wasn't 'downloading'. LOL

[JessicaEdq]

'She is loading what?' in English carries an element of surprise and displeasure, whereas 'what is she loading?' is just curiosity - they are not the same meaning. For example: 'what is she doing?' 'loading her goats into the car' 'she is loading what?!' I am interested to hear if word order has the same implication in German?

[Joffen1]

I agree! It would be great to have a native speaker comment on this.

[steevjoem]

So this question can be asked as "Sie 'verb' was?" and "Was 'verb' sie?". It is a new information to me. Is there a difference in it being informal and formal?

[Matthew709516]

What about …"what is she charging"?

[Flannery65]

Any one have a suggestion, as I also want to know.

[AttilatheBrit]

"She charges what" was also my suggestion. Certainly, elsewhere in Duo, "laden" is used to mean "charging"....... with respect to a camera. My guess is: context is everything, and we should report it as a correct answer suggestion.

[SunGalaxia]

Colloquially, couldn't this also mean, "She's loading something?"

[Starry2_night]

Does this mean "She is loading something?" or just "What is she loading?"?

[_fenelon]

Why can't i translate it to "what are you loading?" ?

[JessicaEye]

Because lädt is for third person singular. You would have to use laden with the formal Sie (was laden Sie/Sie laden was?) or lädst with du (was lädst du/du lädst was?)

[Wonderboy6]

couldn't it also be 'what is it loading' when the 'sie' is referring to 'die seite'?

[Dominik.WW]

Was soll das heißen? When would you use this phrase?