# were vs wir

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### were
*verb · IPA [wɜː] · frequency rank #13,071*
2. Person Singular simple past des Verbs be

### wir
*pronoun · IPA [viːɐ̯] · frequency rank #37*
1. Person Plural; mehrere Personen, die sprechende eingeschlossen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wir