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Past of the German verb sein

The past tense conjugations for the German verb sein, along with their English translations.



Preterite / Präteritum
This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.
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ich warI was
du warstyou were
er warhe was
sie warshe was
wir warenwe were
ihr wartyou were
sie warenthey were

Past / PerfektScored
ich bin gewesenI was
du bist gewesenyou were
er ist gewesenhe was
es ist gewesenshe was
wir sind gewesenwe were
ihr seid gewesenyou were
sie sind gewesenthey were


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