Sentence examples of "wozu" in German

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Wozu hast du zwei Autos? Why do you have two cars?
Wozu brauchst du einen neuen Regenschirm? Why do you need a new umbrella?
Harte Arbeit hat noch keinen umgebracht. Aber wozu das Risiko eingehen?! Hard work never killed anyone. But why take the risk?!
Wozu lernst du eine Fremdsprache? What do you study a foreign language for?
Wozu brauchst du denn vier Autos? What do you need four cars for?
Wozu brauchst du denn an so einem dunklen Ort eine Sonnenbrille? What do you need sunglasses for in such a dark place?
Langsam hatte Alice die Nase voll davon, neben ihrer Schwester auf der Bank zu sitzen und nichts zu tun zu haben: ein zweimal hatte sie einen Blick auf das Buch geworfen, das ihre Schwester las, doch es enthielt weder Abbildungen noch Dialoge; "und wozu taugt ein Buch", dachte Alice, "ohne Abbildungen oder Dialoge?" Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?'
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