| Pronunciation | /ˈʋɛːzə/ |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | wê·ze |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (ik) bin /bɪn/ | (ik) wie /ʋɪə̯/ |
| (do) bist /bɪst/ | (do) wiest |
| (hy) is /ɪs/ | (hy) wie /ʋɪə̯/ |
| (wy) binne | (wy) wienen /ˈʋɪə̯nn̩/, wiene /ˈʋɪə̯nə/ |
| (jimme) binne | (jimme) wienen /ˈʋɪə̯nn̩/, wiene /ˈʋɪə̯nə/ |
| (sy) binne | (sy) wienen /ˈʋɪə̯nn̩/, wiene /ˈʋɪə̯nə/ |
| Imperative mood | |
| wês | |
| Past participle | |
| (hawwe) west | |
| Infinitive II | |
| wêzen | |
| Afrikaans | wees |
|---|---|
| Albanian | jam |
| Catalan | ésser; estar; haver‐hi; ser |
| Czech | býti; být |
| Danish | være |
| Dutch | wezen; zijn |
| English | be |
| English (Old English) | beon; wesan |
| Esperanto | esti |
| Faeroese | vera |
| Finnish | olla |
| French | être |
| German | sein |
| Greek | είναι |
| Hungarian | lenni |
| Icelandic | vera |
| Jamaican Patois | a |
| Kabylian | ili (ⵉⵍⵉ) |
| Latin | esse |
| Low German | weasen |
| Luxemburgish | sinn |
| Norwegian | være |
| Papiamento | ta |
| Polish | być |
| Portuguese | achar‐se; estar; existir; ser |
| Romanian | fi |
| Russian | быть |
| Saterland Frisian | wäide; weze |
| Scots | be |
| Spanish | ser; estar |
| Sranan | na; a; de |
| Swahili | ‐wa |
| Swedish | vara |
| Thai | เป็น; ใช่; คือ |
| Turkish | olmak |
| Welsh | bod |
| Yiddish | זײַן |