Was

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation, stressed 1.2 Pronunciation, unstressed 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also 2 Dutch 2.4 Verb 2.4.3 Translations 2.4.4 Expressions 2.4.5 Related words 2.5 Noun 2.5.6 Translations 3 German 3.6 Adjective 3.7 Interrogative pronoun 3.8 Relative pronoun 3.9 Interjection 3.10 Translations

English

1. past tense singular of to be (I was, he/she/it was.)

• Catalan: era, estava (indicative) fos, fora, estés (subjuntive)
• Dutch: was
• Esperanto: estis
• French: étais, était (imparfait), fûs, fût (passé simple)
• German: war
• Spanish: estuve, estaba, fui, era

• is
• been

Dutch

Verb

1. past tense singular of zijn
2. present tense singular 1st person of wassen (meaning to wash)
3. present tense singular 1st person of wassen (another meaning is to grow)

• English: was (1), wash (2), grow (3)

uit de kluiten gewassen

Related words

• gewas n

1. what bees make their housing from
2. clothes that need to be washed, or just have been washed
3. growth in height or volume (see wassen)

• English: wax (1), laundry (2), growth (3)

German

Adjective

Interrogative pronoun

Relative pronoun

Interjection

Translations