war

1. first-person singular preterite of sein
2. third-person singular preterite of sein

der

• Article

  the

• Pron
• Pron
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von

1. from
2. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
3. by (with passive voice)
4. about, of (a topic)
5. on, with (a resource)

drei

three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements)

Söhnen

dative plural of Sohn