# were

> German word · Verb · IPA [wɜː] · frequency rank #13,071

## Definitions
1. 2. Person Singular simple past des Verbs be
2. 1. Person Plural simple past des Verbs be
3. 2. Person Plural simple past des Verbs be
4. 3. Person Plural simple past des Verbs be
5. 1. Person Singular past subjunctive des Verbs be
6. 2. Person Singular past subjunctive des Verbs be
7. 3. Person Singular past subjunctive des Verbs be
8. 1. Person Plural past subjunctive des Verbs be
9. 2. Person Plural past subjunctive des Verbs be
10. 3. Person Plural past subjunctive des Verbs be

## Easily confused with
- **WR** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wr)
- **wie** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wie)
- **wir** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wir)
- **wes** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wes)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wet)
- **wird** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wird)
- **Wort** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wort)
- **Wert** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wert)
- **Werk** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-werk)
- **West** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-west)
- **work** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-work)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-word)
- **Wirt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wirt)
- **Wurf** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wurf)
- **Wurm** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wurm)
- **wide** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wide)
- **wett** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wett)
- **wirf** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wirf)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wine)
- **wurd** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-wurd)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ewre`, `weer`, `werre`, `wree`, `wwere`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/were