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in the PONS Dictionary

we're [wɪəʳ, Am wɪr]

we're = we are, be

See also

be <was/were, been> [bi:, bi] VB intr + n/adj

1. be (describes):

2. be (composition):

sein <bin, bist, ist, sind, warst, war, gewesen>

3. be (opinion):

für/gegen etw acc sein
to be all for sth
ganz [o. sehr] für etw acc sein

4. be (calculation):

sein <ist, war, gewesen>
machen <machte, gemacht>

5. be (timing):

6. be (location):

sein <bin, bist, ist, sind, warst, war, gewesen>
be town, country
liegen <liegst, lag, gelegen>
to be in a fix [or jam] inf

7. be in pp (visit):

sein <bin, bist, ist, sind, warst, war, gewesen>

8. be (take place):

9. be (do):

sein <bin, bist, ist, sind, warst, war, gewesen>
to be up to sth

10. be old liter:

sein <bin, bist, ist, sind, warst, war, gewesen>
es gibt ...

11. be (expresses possibility):

can it [really] be that ...? form
is it that ...? form

12. be (expresses ability):

13. be:

to not be to do sth

15. be (in conditionals):

if sb was [or were] to do sth, ...
wenn jd etw tun würde, ...
were sb to do sth, ... form
würde jd etw tun, ...

17. be (expresses imperatives):

be seated! form

18. be (expresses continuation):

19. be (expresses passive):

Phrases:

far be it from sb to do sth
geh! hau ab! inf
so sei es inf