"Hvad er dit formål?"

Translation: What is your purpose?

[sjolsen]

Jeg søger den hellige gral!

[ChristensenAdam]

Hvad er din yndlingsfarve?

[-Zorua-]

What is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?

[dmalesani]

What do you mean, African or European swallow?

[-Zorua-]

How should I know? (is pushed off bridge)

[LucBE]

Ni! Ni! (No, wait...)

[fbb.d]

Jeg rækker smørret :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekP0LQEsUh0

[Engelbert-fjols]

that is excactly what come to my mind when i translated the sentence :D

[asayumesan]

Oh my god

[Laura_Crow]

I pass the butter

[Shminkelcu]

In English one could say "What is your point" would "Hvad er dit formål" carry the same meaning in Danish? I think so but I'm not sure

[Villemand1]

Not quite, "What is your point" would be "Hvad er din pointe", "Hvad er dit formål" can only really be used in the same way as "What is your purpose".

[JeremyButt3]

Normally, if there is no complement, it would be more natural to say 'What is your aim'. 'What is your purpose' just sounds weird

[Victoria356865]

What is your purpose? What is your goal? What is your aim? All much the same thing surely?

[JeremyButt3]

No, not all the same thing in natural language. They may all 'mean' the same thing, but that doesn't mean they are all used the same. I have just checked in a huge database and 'What is your goal' on its own, with no complement, occurs about twice as often as 'What is your purpose.'