to be — As a copulative verb

• Ich will wie sie sein.

  I want to be like her.

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Ich will nicht so sein.

  I don't want to be like that.

  Tatoeba · Felixjp · CC BY 2.0 FR

forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain verbs

Used to indicate dates, times of day, time periods, etc., be — As a copulative verb

Used to indicate temperatures in degrees, be — As a copulative verb

Used to indicate ambient conditions such as temperature, weather, light, noise or air quality, be — As a copulative verb

• Ich mag es nicht, wenn es kalt ist.

  I don't like cold weather.

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Ist es dir lieber, wenn es heiß ist oder kalt?

  Which do you prefer, hot weather or cold weather?

  Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR

there be — As a copulative verb

translated with to feel — As a copulative verb; to experience a condition

translated with to feel like, to be in the mood for — As a copulative verb

to exist, be, be alive — As an intransitive verb

• Ich denke, also ist Gott.

  I think, therefore God exists.

  Tatoeba · BraveSentry · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Das ist der Schlüssel zu einer Tür, die es nicht mehr gibt.

  This key opens a door that no longer exists.

  Tatoeba · mhr · CC BY 2.0 FR

to have the next turn — As an intransitive verb; in a game, in a queue, etc.rare

his

• Was hat seine Frau gesagt?

  What did his wife say?

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Das ist nicht seine Frau.

  That's not his wife.

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

its — agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun

• Jedes Land hat seine eigene Geschichte.

  Every country has its own history.

  Tatoeba · quicksanddiver · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Das Baby sucht seine Mutter.

  The baby is looking for its mother.

  Tatoeba · Zaghawa · CC BY 2.0 FR

its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun); Used to express an approximate number, often with so

one'srare