Sein meaning and definition in german
sein meaning and definition in german
Verb
Frequency: 
- with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative to be Das ist schön.
- That is beautiful.
- That is a car.
- with a predicate adjective and an indirect object to feel (to experience a certain condition) Mir ist kalt. Mir ist übel. Mir ist schwindelig. Mir ist wohl. I feel cold. I feel sick. I feel dizzy. I feel well. (Literally: To me is cold. etc.)
- auxiliary forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs Er ist alt geworden.
- He has become old.
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to exist; there be; to be alive Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. A common proverb That which does not exist now, may come into existence. Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus.- When I am no more, you'll inherit the house.
- colloquial to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) Du bist. — “It’s your turn.” Du bist nach mir. — “Your turn is after mine.”
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