How much do you weigh? vs. What is your weight? (2025)

Hello ampat, welcome to the forums.

It is preferable (in my opinion) to say, "How much do you weigh?".
"What is your weight" is perfectly acceptable; just not often used.
I would say, "What is your height" but I would not say, "What is your weight".

Hello ampat, and Welcome to the Forum!

You should get the same answer in response to either of those questions. I think that 'How much do you weigh?' is more commonly used. (Cross-posted with Filsmith)

curropuy said:

What about these four options:
- How much do you weigh?
- How heavy are you?
- How much is your weight?
- What is your weight?

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The first and fourth options were discussed earlier. I agree with Hau Ruck's and Beryl's answers.

"How heavy are you?" implies that someone is too heavy. It is therefore somewhat insulting, though if the person who says it is clearly not a native speaker, most people would forgive him or her for using it.

"How much is your weight?" is an error.

You must realize that this is considered a rather impolite question. Many people are uncomfortable discussing this.

A nurse, or someone taking a medical history, will probably ask "What is your weight?" Most other people wouldn't ask. The nurse usually won't take your word either, but will weigh you. She'll say something like "Let's get your weight" as she asks you to stand on the scale.

'How much' seems to be used with quantities where a

asks about them, not an adjective. With adjectives we have a different pattern, using 'how' + adjective:

It is two metres long/high/deep.
How long/high/deep is it?

Some quantities have special verbs:

It costs ten roubles.
It weighs 75 kg.
It measured 8.1 on the Richter Scale.

So in the question we use a dummy adjective 'much':

How much does it cost?
How much does it weigh?
How much did it measure?

However, this isn't a strict division. I have already thought of one exception:

It

two hours.
How much does it last?
How long does it last?

Hau Ruck said:

It is preferable (in my opinion) to say, "How much do you weigh?".
"What is your weight" is perfectly acceptable; just not often used.

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And this cop used still another version, that is, "What do you weigh?" Is that even grammatical?

No, it's just fine,

A doctor might ask you that.