gewesen

Meaning

past participle of sein: been

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəˈveːzən/

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sein

1. (copulative,irregular) to be
2. (impersonal,irregular) to feel (to experience a condition)
3. (impersonal,irregular) to feel like, to be in the mood for
4. (auxiliary,irregular) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
5. (intransitive,irregular) to exist; there to be; to be alive
6. (colloquial,intransitive,irregular) to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
7. (childish,intransitive,irregular) to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag

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Erst jetzt wurde ihr klar , wie wertvoll das Geschenk
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von Henrik eigentlich gewesen war .

Only now did she realize how valuable Henrik's gift had actually been.

Er soll ein
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sehr frommer Mann
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gewesen sein .

He is said to have been a very pious man.

Das ist einigen Kolleginnen und Kollegen ganz besonders wichtig gewesen .

This has been particularly important to some colleagues.

Die Siedler waren vermutlich Tschechen , es können aber auch Deutsche darunter gewesen sein .

The settlers were probably Czechs, but there may also have been Germans among them.

Das Nutzungskonzept der Galerie an
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beiden Standorten dürfte ähnlich gewesen sein .

The usage concept of the gallery at both locations is likely to have been similar.

Ausschlaggebend dürfte die zu geringe Ausbeute gewesen sein .

The too low yield is likely to have been decisive.

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