Sein German Conjugation: All Conjugations With Chunks + Real Conversation Examples

Hallo und Wilkommen! Ich bin Spring German Lehrerin Denisa. Du bist bei Spring German. (I’m Spring German teacher Denisa. You are at Spring German.)

Did you realize that there was already a sein German conjugation in the intro?

In this lesson, we’re going to explore everything you need to know about sein German conjugation with chunks!

1. Ich bin (I am)

Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berlin man) is one of the most famous quotes from John F. Kennedy.

Here he used the conjugated form of sein (to be) in the first-person singular, which is ich bin (I am). In the following dialogue, we show you a proverb that will make it easy to learn the conjugation by heart:

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Other examples are:

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2. Du bist (You are)

This dialogue we have also used in another lesson to introduce the proverb du bist nicht aus Zucker (You won’t melt, Lit.: you aren’t made of sugar). If you want to learn more German proverbs, check it on our website..

This proverb you can remember and use the correct conjugation for du (you) automatically.

Other examples are:

3. Er/Sie/Es ist (He/She/It is)

Sie ist eine Wasserratte (She’s a keen swimmer) is a saying in German for people who love to be in the water, but literally it means “she is a water rat”.

I don’t know why Germans tend to say it, because for me being water rat is not the best compliment.

In the dialogue, sein (to be) was already conjugated. Remember the conjugation for sie (she)? It’s sie ist (she is).

Other examples are:

Stay tuned because at the end of the lesson we will do a summary.

4. Wir sind (We are)

“To live” can be leben or wohnen in German. But wohnen (to live) includes to have an apartment in that city

As seen in the dialogue, a phrase with sein (to be) to remember is: Wir sind echt froh. (We are really glad.) The conjugation here is Wir sind (We are).

Other examples are:

5. Ihr seid (You are)

If someone asks you where you are from, you can answer with Ich komme aus (I’m from) or Ich bin aus (I’m from).

In this case, they both are from Austria, so they said Wir sind aus Österreich (We are from Austria).

Other examples with Ihr seid (You are) are:

6. Sie sind (They are)

The ending -IN is always attached to a profession if the person is female.

Here are three examples for professions in German:

Now, let’s see other examples with Sie sind (They are):

7. Summary of sein German conjugation

Here’s a conjugation table for the verb sein (to be). But remember that the best way to learn verb conjugations is by learning chunks and not learning this table by heart.