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🇩🇪 to be = sein

Defi­ni­ti­on (🇺🇸 English)

The verb to be is one of the most important verbs in Eng­lish. It is an irre­gu­lar verb used to descri­be a sta­te, iden­ti­ty, con­di­ti­on, or exis­tence. Its main forms are: am, is, are, was, were, been, being.

✅ Easy Examples

  1. I am hap­py. → Ich bin glücklich.
  2. She is my fri­end. → Sie ist mei­ne Freundin.
  3. They are stu­dents. → Sie sind Schüler.
  4. We are at home. → Wir sind zu Hause.
  5. He is tall. → Er ist groß.

🌱 Inter­me­dia­te Examples

  1. Yes­ter­day, I was tired. → Ges­tern war ich müde.
  2. They were in Ber­lin last week. → Sie waren letz­te Woche in Berlin.
  3. This movie is being shown at the cine­ma. → Die­ser Film wird gera­de im Kino gezeigt.
  4. By tomor­row, she will be rea­dy. → Bis mor­gen wird sie bereit sein.
  5. He has been my tea­cher for two years. → Er ist seit zwei Jah­ren mein Lehrer.

🎓 Advan­ced Examples

  1. If I were you, I would stu­dy har­der. → Wenn ich du wäre, wür­de ich mehr lernen.
  2. The pro­ject is to be finis­hed by Fri­day. → Das Pro­jekt soll bis Frei­tag fer­tig­ge­stellt werden.
  3. She wis­hes she had been more careful. → Sie wünscht, sie wäre vor­sich­ti­ger gewe­sen.
  4. The cast­le is said to be haun­ted. → Das Schloss soll angeb­lich spu­ken.
  5. Having been invi­ted, he felt hono­red. → Da er ein­ge­la­den wor­den war, fühl­te er sich geehrt.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
be (verb)
intransitive verb
1.
a) to equal in meaning have the same connotation as - symbolize God is love January is the first month let x be 10
b) to have identity with - the first person I met was my brother
c) to constitute the same class as
d) to have a specified qualification or characterization - the leaves are green
e) to belong to the class of - the fish is a trout used regularly in senses 1a through 1e as the copula of simple predication
2.
a) to have an objective existence have reality or actuality - live I think, therefore I am
b) to have, maintain, or occupy a place, situation, or position - the book is on the table
c) to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted - used only in infinitive form let him be
d) to take place - occur the concert was last night
e) to come or go - has already been and gone has never been to the circus
verbal auxiliary
f) archaic - belong befall
1.
- used with the past participle of transitive verbs as a passive-voice auxiliary the money was found the house is being built
2.
- used as the auxiliary of the present participle in progressive tenses expressing continuous action he is reading I have been sleeping
3.
- used with the past participle of some intransitive verbs as an auxiliary forming archaic perfect tenses Christ is risen from the dead 1 Corinthians 15:20(Douay Version)
4.
- used with the infinitive with to to express futurity, arrangement in advance, or obligation I am to interview him today she was to become famous
Be (symbol)
beryllium
BE (abbreviation)
1.
bachelor of education
2.
bachelor of engineering
3.
bill of exchange
4.
Black English
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
be (verb)
1.
to have life
SYNONYMS:
breathe, exist, live, subsist
RELATED WORDS:
abide, continue, endure, hold on, hold up, keep (on), kick, last, lead, persist, rule, run on, survive; move; flourish, prosper, thrive
NEAR ANTONYMS:
disappear, evaporate, vanish; cease, desist, discontinue, end, quit, stop; abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane
depart, die, expire, pass away, perish, succumb
be (verb)
2.
to occupy a place or location
SYNONYMS:
be, bear, lie, sit
RELATED WORDS:
command, overlook; hang around, remain, rest, stay, stick around, tarry; await, wait; post, station; dwell, reside
be (verb)
3.
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
SYNONYMS:
be, grade, place, rate, stand
RELATED WORDS:
seed; count; categorize, class, classify, codify, compartmentalize, group, separate, set, sort; install, instate
be (verb)
4.
to take place
SYNONYMS:
be, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, cook, do, go down, go on, hap, occur, pass, transpire
RELATED WORDS:
break, develop, rise, shape (up); arise, come up, crop (up), materialize, spring (up); intervene; fall out, follow, result, turn out; go off, proceed
be (verb)
to behave toward in a stated way
SYNONYMS:
act (toward), be (to), deal (with), handle, serve, use
RELATED WORDS:
consider, esteem, rate, reckon, regard, view; engage (with), react (to), respond (to)
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