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Simple past of 'sein': er/sie/es war (he/she/it was)

Präteritum von 'sein': er/sie/es war

The er/sie/es-form of the of 'sein' is 'war' - identical to the ich-form.

Structure

er/sie/es war

er/sie/es war (he/she/it was)

Details

Part of Speech
Verb
Word Type
Irregular verb (simple past)
Register
Standard

Explanation

For er / sie / es, the of sein is war - exactly the same word as the ich-form:

  • Er war krank. (He was sick.)
  • Sie war im Urlaub. (She was on vacation.)
  • Es war kalt. (It was cold.)

war has no ending and covers all three (er, sie, es).

About Simple past of 'sein': er/sie/es war (he/she/it was)

The er/sie/es-form of the of 'sein' is 'war' - identical to the ich-form.

'war' covers er/sie/es and is the same as the ich-form.

Die er/sie/es-Form des Präteritums von 'sein' ist 'war' - gleich der ich-Form.

Caution

'war' takes no ending and is identical to the ich-form (ich war / er war).

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