was

Meaning

laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just have been washed

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋɑs/

Etymology

Cognate with English wash.

Cognate with English

wash

Cognate with German

Wachs

Cognate with English

wax

Cognate with English

was

New

zijn

1. (intransitive) to be, to exist
2. (copulative,transitive) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
3. (auxiliary,transitive) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.
4. (auxiliary,transitive) 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. (auxiliary,transitive) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
6. (auxiliary,transitive) 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. (auxiliary,transitive) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses, together with aan het or, in archaic style, with a present participle.
8. (intransitive) to go, to go on a trip and return
9. (impersonal,intransitive) Used to indicate weather, temperature or some other general condition.
10. (copulative,transitive) to be, to equal, to total, to amount to; used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.

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New

wassen

to wash, to clean

New

wezen

1. Synonym of zijn
2. (form-of,imperative,plural) imperative plural of zijn
3. (proscribed,sometimes) used with an action verb in the infinitive to indicate that the action took place elsewhere and has been concluded

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Sentences

Hij besloot dat het niet
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genoeg was .

He decided it wasn't enough.

Dat was op zich een hele uitdaging .

That in itself was quite a challenge.

De vloer van het hotel
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was net schoongemaakt .

The hotel floor had just been cleaned.

Was je je haren elke dag met shampoo ?

Wash your hair with shampoo every day?

Het materiaal was ontworpen om waterdicht te zijn .

The material was designed to be waterproof.

Die opmerking was sarcastisch bedoelt .

That remark was meant sarcastically.

Het was even schrikken , maar dat is natuurlijk het doel van een spookhuis .

It was a bit of a shock, but that is of course the purpose of a haunted house.

De sfeer op
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hun departement was vijandig .

The atmosphere in their department was hostile.

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