Waren
German, noun
Waren is spelled W-A-R-E-N (5 letters) and appears 871 times per million words in written German, the 116th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Waren is a German noun meaning “plural of Ware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, waren is a different word: “first/third-person plural preterite of sein: were”. On this page, wären is a different word: “first/third-person plural subjunctive II of sein”.
What does Waren mean in English?
noun
- 1
plural of Ware
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural preterite of sein: were
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural subjunctive II of sein
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. [1] 1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum des Verbs sein 2. [2] 3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum des Verbs sein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to Waren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Waren in German?
Waren appears 871 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).