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waren

Meaning

to wander, to roam

Hyphenated as

wa‧ren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʋaːrə(n)/

Cognate with German

German

Wallfahrt

zijn

1. To be, to exist.
2. Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
3. Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.
4. Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle. Note: The perfect tense of most other verbs is formed using hebben.
5. Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
6. Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle. Note: The imperfect tense passive is formed using worden.
7. Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses, together with aan het or, in archaic style, with a present participle.
8. To go, to go on a trip and return.
9. Used to indicate weather, temperature or some other general condition.
10. to be, to equal, to total, to amount to; used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.

waar

1. where, in which place
2. where, the place that
3. what, which thing
4. what, that which

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Sentences

De dromen
😴💭

waren heel vreemd .

The dreams were very strange.

Wij dachten dat die allang vergeten waren .

We thought such figures had passed into history.

De archieven waren verloren in de grote brand van vorig jaar .

The archives were lost in last year's big fire.

Deze cijfers waren niet
🚫

uit de lucht gegrepen of verzonnen .

These were not invented figures, plucked out of the air.

In de late namiddag waren ze eindelijk klaar met opruimen .

In the late afternoon, they were finally done cleaning up.

Bij de haven van Rotterdam

komen veel waren binnen .

Many goods arrive at the port of Rotterdam.

Mijn peter en meter waren aanwezig bij mijn doopsel .

My godfather and meter were present at my baptism.

Toen ik jong was waren de computerlessen relatief simpel .

When I was young, computer lessons were relatively simple.

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