gab Learn Unstarted Summary The German translation for “was” is gab. Examples of "was" in use There are 4 examples of the German word for "was" being used: Recording English German Learn That was already there. Das gab es schon. Learn There was a lot to do. Es gab viel zu tun. Learn There was an earthquake yesterday. Gestern gab es ein Erdbeben. Learn The construction site had a large crane. Auf der Baustelle gab es einen großen Kran. Learn Practice Lesson "was" Practice (2) Lesson Learn Lesson words was etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases That was already there. etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 48 Part of Speech Courses Verbs 23 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech