I know what Wetter means, I just need the sentence.
My friend said it was:
Was bedeutet Wetter bedeuten.
I want to know if he was right or wrong, because I never put the bedeuten at the end. In case that's correct, could you tell me why and when they do this?
The sentence "Was bedeutet Wetter bedeuten." does not make any sense to me.
Maybe you mean something like:
Was bedeutet "Morgenrot kann schlechtes Wetter bedeuten"?
This could be translated to:
What is the meaning of "A red sky in the morning indicates bad weather"?
In this sentence the second "bedeuten" is "to indicate" or "to signify" or "to announce".
Considering the headline of this post i think you just wanted to know if your friend was right.
He was wrong, the correct translation is:
Was bedeutet "Wetter"? ( = What does "wetter" mean? )
The standard question looks like:
Was bedeutet "your word(s) here"?
Only auxiliary verbs can appear twice in the same sentence... And maybe some modal verbs or some that have two different (and compatible) meanings.
Your friend's version correspnds to "What does weather mean random form of mean?"
Wie RoyPJ sagt muss es
Was bedeutet Wetter?
heißen, allerdings ohne Anführungsstriche die für wörtliche Rede verwendet werden oder Zitate, allenfalls noch in zweideutigen Situationen, wenn keine anderen Auszeichnungen wie Kursivschreibung zur Verfügung stehen. Hier besteht aber keine Schwierigkeit den Sinn des Satzes zu erfassen.
Es gibt aber auch Konstruktionen mit Bedeuten am Ende, und zwar wie aus dem bekannten Lied Loreley bekannt, Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten, also übertragen auf das Wort Wetter:
Was soll Wetter bedeuten?
