wäre Learn Unstarted Summary The German translation for “were” is wäre. Examples of "were" in use There are 4 examples of the German word for "were" being used: Recording English German Learn I thought you cared about Tom. Ich dachte, Tom wäre dir wichtig. Learn I thought you cared about him. Ich dachte, er wäre dir wichtig. Learn I wish I’d been born Canadian. Ich wünschte, ich wäre als Kanadier geboren. Learn I wish I was more confident. Ich wünschte, ich wäre selbstbewusster. Learn Practice Lesson "were" Practice (5) Lesson Learn Lesson words were etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases I thought you cared about him., I thought you cared about Tom., I wish I was more confident., I wish I’d been born Canadian. etc. View all lesson phrases Part of Speech Courses Verbs 28 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech