sei Learn Unstarted Summary The German translation for “was” is sei. Examples of "was" in use There are 5 examples of the German word for "was" being used: Recording English German Learn You said that it was important. Sie sagten, es sei wichtig. Learn I told you it was dangerous. Ich sagte dir, es sei gefährlich. Learn Tom said that the claim wasn’t true. Tom sagte, dass die Behauptung nicht wahr sei. Learn My boss told me I’m hard to approach. Mein Chef sagte mir, ich sei schwer zugänglich. Learn Someone told me Tom was allergic to wheat. Jemand hat mir gesagt, Tom sei allergisch gegen Weizen. Learn Practice Lesson "was" Practice (3) Lesson Learn Lesson words was etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases I told you it was dangerous., You said that it was important. etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 51 Part of Speech Courses Verbs 26 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech