war
Meaning
- (first-person,form-of,preterite,singular) first-person singular preterite of sein
- (form-of,preterite,singular,third-person) third-person singular preterite of sein
Concepts
it was
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vaːɐ̯/
New
sein
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- (copulative,irregular) to be
- (impersonal,irregular) to feel (to experience a condition)
- (impersonal,irregular) to feel like, to be in the mood for
- (auxiliary,irregular) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
- (intransitive,irregular) to exist; there to be; to be alive
- (colloquial,intransitive,irregular) to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
- (childish,intransitive,irregular) to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
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Sentences
Das war ihr Verständnis von Gerechtigkeit .
That was their understanding of justice.
Böck war katholisch , verheiratet und hatte fünf 5 Kinder .
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Böck was Catholic, married and had five children.
Das war der NDR-zwei Verkehrsservice.
That was the NDR-two traffic service.
Philipp war begeistert vom Feuerwehrmuseum in Fulda .
Philipp was enthusiastic about the fire brigade museum in Fulda.