gab Learn Unstarted Summary The German translation for “was” is gab. Examples of "was" in use There are 5 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 There was a conspiracy to assassinate the president. Es gab eine Verschwörung zur Ermordung des Präsidenten. Learn Practice Lesson "was" Practice (5) Lesson Learn Lesson words was etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases That was already there., The construction site had a large crane., There was a lot to do., There was an earthquake yesterday. etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 51 Part of Speech Courses Verbs 26 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech