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wikipedia|Was (disambiguation)
English

rank|in|I|that|8|was|he|his|with

Pronunciation
stressed
IPA|/w�z/, /w�z/, SAMPA|/wQz/, /wVz/, AHD|w�z, wŭz
audio|en-us-was-stressed.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|�z

unstressed
IPA|/w�z/, SAMPA|/w@z/, AHD|w�z
audio|en-us-was-unstressed.ogg|Audio (US) (in the phrase "I was there")

Etymology
From Ger. *wêsôn, cognate with German war < PIE. Wiktionary Appendix:Proto-Indo-European roots|*wes- "to reside". The paradigm of "to be" has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of three originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form "to be" is from Proto-Indo-European Wiktionary Appendix:Proto-Indo-European roots|*b<font size=-2>H</font>eu- "to become". The words "is" and "are" are both derived from Proto-Indo-European Wiktionary Appendix:Proto-Indo-European roots|*h₁es- "to be". Lastly, the past forms starting with "w-" such as "was" and "were" are from Proto-Indo-European Wiktionary Appendix:Proto-Indo-European roots|*wes- "to reside".

Verb
was

1. First-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.
2. Third-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trreq|Hebrew
Portuguese: era

Anagrams

saw

See also
top2
am
are
is
art
be
being
mid2
been
beest
wast
were
wert

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English auxiliary verb forms
Category:English irregular simple past forms
Category:English simple past forms

Dutch

Etymology 1
cognate with wash

Noun
nl-noun|wassen|wasje m

1. laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just have been washed.

Verb
was

1. Present tense singular 1st person of wassen (meaning to wash).

Derived terms
afwas, afwassen
wasbord

Etymology 2
cognate with wax

Noun
was m

1. wax, what bees produce to make their housing from.
2. growth, increasing in size and/or volume.

Verb
was

1. Present tense singular 1st person of wassen (another meaning is to grow).
2. (unrelated?) Past tense singular of zijn.

Derived terms
gewas n
uitwas
uit de kluiten gewassen

Category:Dutch nouns
Category:Dutch verbs

German

Etymology
OHG.|de (h)waz, originally *(h)wat, compare Dutch wat.

Pronoun
was

1. interrogative|lang=de what
2. relative|lang=de which

Derived terms
was für

Category:German interrogative pronouns
Category:German relative pronouns

Polish

Pronoun
was

1. Genitive, accusative and locative of wy (you, plural).

Category:Polish pronouns

Scots

Noun
sco-pl

1. plural of|wa|lang=Scots

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