"were" meaning in Engels

See were in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

  1. eerste en derde persoon meervoud tegenwoordige tijd van to be
    Sense id: nl-were-en-verb-O~ZJp4Xh
  2. tweede persoon tegenwoordige tijd van to be
    Sense id: nl-were-en-verb-9wnAB2Pd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Werkwoordsvorm in het Engels, Woorden in het Engels, Woorden in het Engels van lengte 4
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Werkwoordsvorm in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 4",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Engels",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Werkwoord",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We were in Seattle, but they were still underway.",
          "translation": "Wij waren in Seattle, maar zij waren nog onderweg."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eerste en derde persoon meervoud tegenwoordige tijd van to be"
      ],
      "id": "nl-were-en-verb-O~ZJp4Xh"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Were you there too?",
          "translation": "Was je daar ook?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tweede persoon tegenwoordige tijd van to be"
      ],
      "id": "nl-were-en-verb-9wnAB2Pd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "were"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Werkwoordsvorm in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 4"
  ],
  "lang": "Engels",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Werkwoord",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We were in Seattle, but they were still underway.",
          "translation": "Wij waren in Seattle, maar zij waren nog onderweg."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eerste en derde persoon meervoud tegenwoordige tijd van to be"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Were you there too?",
          "translation": "Was je daar ook?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tweede persoon tegenwoordige tijd van to be"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "were"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Engels dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the nlwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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