were

Meanings of "were" in German English Dictionary : 8 result(s)

	Category	English	German
General
1	General	were	warst [adv]
2	General	were	wärst [adv]
3	General	were	wurden
4	General	were	waren
5	General	were	worden
6	General	were	wurdest
7	General	were	wäre
8	General	were	wären

Meanings of "were" with other terms in English German Dictionary : 116 result(s)

	Category	English	German
General
1	General	give back as you were given	Gleiches mit Gleichem vergelten [v]
2	General	decisions that were made	getroffene Entscheidungen [pl]
3	General	decisions that were made	gefasster Entschlüsse [pl]
4	General	And Then There Were None' (by Christie/work title)	Zehn kleine Negerlein'
5	General	Streets were scant of vehicles.	In den Straßen fuhren nur wenige Fahrzeuge.
6	General	the reasons he gave were	seine Begründung war
7	General	The tickets were comps.	Die Eintrittskarten waren gratis.
8	General	as it were	sozusagen
9	General	available was/were	vorgelegen
Idioms
10	Idioms	We were close but no cigar.	Wir waren nahe dran.
11	Idioms	as you were!	Kommando zurück!
12	Idioms	as you were!	Weitermachen!
13	Idioms	as if there was/were no tomorrow	als gäbe es kein Morgen
14	Idioms	as if there was/were no tomorrow	als ob es kein Morgen gäbe
Phrases
15	Phrases	as it were	sozusagen [adv]
16	Phrases	they were caught red-handed	Sie wurden auf frischer Tat ertappt
17	Phrases	as if there were no tomorrow	als ob es kein Morgen gäbe
18	Phrases	the main parts were well cast	Die Hauptrollen waren gut besetzt
19	Phrases	those were the days	Das waren noch Zeiten
20	Phrases	Those were his exact words.	So hat er wörtlich gesagt.
21	Phrases	Those were the days!	Das waren (noch) Zeiten!
22	Phrases	Those were the days.	Das waren noch Zeiten.
23	Phrases	as it were	quasi
24	Phrases	as it were	gleichsam
25	Phrases	as it were	wenn man so sagen will/darf
26	Phrases	As you were' (Nestroy)	Frühere Verhältnisse' (Nestroy)
27	Phrases	If I were you I'd go for it.	An deiner Stelle würde ich zugreifen.
28	Phrases	In 1920 Poland and Russia were still at war.	1920 waren Polen und Russland nach wie vor im Kriegszustand.
29	Phrases	as it were	gewissermaßen
30	Phrases	as it were	sozusagen
31	Phrases	as it were	wie die Dinge lagen
32	Phrases	as it were	wie es war
Proverb
33	Proverb	if wishes were horses beggars would ride	Wenn das Wörtchen wenn nicht wär
Speaking
34	Speaking	I wish you were here.	Wärst du doch jetzt hier!
35	Speaking	I wish you were here.	Es wäre schön, wenn du jetzt hier wärst.
36	Speaking	I wish you were here.	Ich wünschte, du wärst hier. [formal]
37	Speaking	Many people were hurt.	Viele Leute wurden verletzt.
38	Speaking	There they were in all their finery.	Da standen sie in all ihrer Pracht.
39	Speaking	There were four of us.	Wir waren zu viert.
40	Speaking	There were several serious casualties in the accident.	Bei dem Unfall gab es mehrere Schwerverletzte.
41	Speaking	There were three of us.	Wir waren zu dritt.
42	Speaking	they were	sie waren
43	Speaking	they were called	sie hießen
44	Speaking	They were caught red-handed.	Sie wurden auf frischer Tat ertappt.
45	Speaking	they were embarrassed	sie genierten sich
46	Speaking	They were intent on murder.	Sie waren auf Mord aus.
47	Speaking	They were merged with ...	Sie haben mit ... fusioniert.
48	Speaking	They were nearly all married.	Fast alle waren verheiratet.
49	Speaking	They were on their way home.	Sie waren (gerade) auf dem Nachhauseweg.
50	Speaking	they were valid	sie galten
51	Speaking	we were	wir waren
52	Speaking	we were	wir waren nicht
53	Speaking	we were allowed	wir durften
54	Speaking	we were glad	wir freuten uns
55	Speaking	we were happy	wir freuten uns
56	Speaking	we were interested in	wir interessierten uns
57	Speaking	We were laid off.	Wir wurden entlassen.
58	Speaking	we were late	wir verspäteten uns
59	Speaking	we were mistaken	wir irrten
60	Speaking	we were not	wir waren nicht
61	Speaking	we were not	wir waren
62	Speaking	we were pleased	wir freuten uns
63	Speaking	We were served last.	Wir sind als Letzte bedient worden.
64	Speaking	We were surrounded by darkness.	Dunkelheit umfing uns.
65	Speaking	we/the were angry	wir/sie zürnten
66	Speaking	we/they are/were caught	wir/sie sind/waren verfangen
67	Speaking	we/they were absent	wir/sie fehlten
68	Speaking	we/they were capable/able	wir/sie vermochten
69	Speaking	we/they were cold	wir/sie froren
70	Speaking	we/they were cross	wir/sie zürnten
71	Speaking	we/they were good for	wir/sie taugten
72	Speaking	we/they were qualified	wir/sie eigneten
73	Speaking	were smashed	zerschellten
74	Speaking	were stingy	geizten
75	Speaking	were stingy	knauserten
76	Speaking	were suitable	passten
77	Speaking	were tangent to	tangierten
78	Speaking	Were you a party to this?	Waren Sie daran beteiligt?
79	Speaking	What were you thinking of?	Was hast du dir dabei gedacht?
80	Speaking	Where were you born?	Wo sind Sie geboren?
81	Speaking	you were	du warst
82	Speaking	you were	ihr wart
83	Speaking	you were able	du konntest
84	Speaking	all my hopes were dashed to the ground	meine ganzen Hoffnungen waren am Boden zerstört
Colloquial
85	Colloquial	(results were) satisfactory	ohne Beanstandung (Prüfberichtsvermerk)
Business
86	Business	as if he were in possession	als ob er im Besitz wäre
87	Business	were later made	wurden später gemacht
88	Business	were marked up	wurden heraufgesetzt
Business Correspondence
89	Business Correspondence	the goods were promised for last Friday	war für letzten Freitag versprochen
90	Business Correspondence	our efforts were without success	Unser Bemühen war erfolglos
91	Business Correspondence	the wrong goods were sent	Die falsche Ware wurde gesandt
92	Business Correspondence	the goods were too late	Die Ware kam zu spät an
93	Business Correspondence	the goods were short shipped	Die Ware kam zu spät zur Verschiffung
94	Business Correspondence	our efforts were a success	Unser Bemühen war erfolgreich
95	Business Correspondence	our efforts were unsuccessful	Unser Bemühen war erfolglos
96	Business Correspondence	the goods were not delivered in time	Die Ware wurde nicht rechtzeitig geliefert
97	Business Correspondence	our attempts were without success	Unser Bemühen war erfolglos
98	Business Correspondence	the goods were carefully examined	Die Ware wurde sorgfältig geprüft
99	Business Correspondence	our endeavors were without success	Unser Bemühen war erfolglos
100	Business Correspondence	the difficulties were increased by	Die Schwierigkeiten wurden erhöht durch
101	Business Correspondence	the goods were properly packed	Die Ware wurde ordentlich verpackt
102	Business Correspondence	two parcels were lost	Zwei Pakete waren verloren
103	Business Correspondence	two parcels were completely damaged	Zwei Pakete waren völlig beschädigt
104	Business Correspondence	two parcels were a total loss	Zwei Pakete waren ganz zerstört
105	Business Correspondence	two parcels were completely soaked	Zwei Pakete waren durchnässt
106	Business Correspondence	two parcels were completely drenched	Zwei Pakete waren durchnässt
107	Business Correspondence	two parcels were completely wet through	Zwei Pakete waren durchnässt
Law
108	Law	Opposition activists were tried by secret tribunals.	Oppositionelle wurde von geheimen Tribunalen abgeurteilt.
109	Law	Ruffians were breaking windows out of sheer devilment.	Ein paar Lümmel haben aus purem Übermut Fenster eingeschlagen.
110	Law	Thus, the rules were given a binding legal effect.	Damit wurde den Regelungen Bindungswirkung verliehen.
Education
111	Education	no subjects were found	es wurden keine Fächer gefunden
Medicine
112	Medicine	Challenge organisms were cultured to test the effect.	Um die Wirkung zu überprüfen, wurden Testorganismen gezüchtet.
Literature
113	Literature	And Then There Were None' (Christie)	Zehn kleine Negerlein'
114	Literature	And Then There Were None' (Christie)	Und dann gab's keines mehr' (Christie)
115	Literature	And Then There Were None' (by Christie/work title)	Und dann gab's keines mehr' (von Christie/Werktitel)
116	Literature	As you were' (by Nestroy/work title)	Frühere Verhältnisse' (von Nestroy/Werktitel)