Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #42
Word (Wort)

sein

Translation (Übersetzung) to be
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /zaɪn/
A1
Verbs
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common verb irregular auxiliary
Irregular verb meaning 'to be'. Most important verb in German, used for identity, characteristics, and as auxiliary. Forty-second most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich bin groß.
I am tall.
characteristics
Er ist Lehrer.
He is a teacher.
profession
Wir sind in Berlin.
We are in Berlin.
location
Ich bin gegangen.
I went.
perfect tense auxiliary

Conjugations (Konjugationen)

Present Tense (Präsens)

ich bin
du bist
er/sie/es ist
wir sind
ihr seid
sie/Sie sind

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
sein + Beruf
to be a profession
High frequency
sein + Adjektiv
to be + adjective
High frequency
sein + Ort
to be at a place
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
es ist soweit
it's time, the moment has come
Indicating that something is about to happen
wie es ist
as it is, the way it is
Accepting the current situation
Antonyms (Antonyme)
nicht sein
Not to be (negation)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

bin bist ist sind Verb

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