sein Learn Unstarted Summary The German translation for “be” is sein. Examples of "be" in use There are 23 examples of the German word for "be" being used: Recording English German Learn That was a feeble attempt at humour. Das war ein schwacher Versuch, humorvoll zu sein. Learn Obviously a hug must remain possible. Natürlich muss eine Umarmung weiterhin möglich sein. Learn It could be any one of us. Es könnte jeder von uns sein. Learn Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Practice Lesson "be" Practice (23) Lesson Learn Lesson words be etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases be jealous of, could be (conditional), Could it perhaps be a turkey chick?, Is this supposed to be a gift?, It could be anyone., It seems serious., I’m scared of being alone., Obviously a hug must remain possible., She must be somewhere., Stop being cruel., That was a feeble attempt at humour., The lake seemed to be cold., to be on a diet, to depend, Tom seems young., Try to be patient with others., We couldn’t be more excited., We will be there., We’ll probably all be dead soon., What’ll it be like? etc. View all lesson phrases Part of Speech Courses Verbs 4 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech