(copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be / (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) / (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for / (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs / (intransitive) to exist; there to be; to be alive / (intransitive, colloquial) to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) / (intransitive, childish) to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag

his / its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) / its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun); Used to express an approximate number, often with so. / one's

(archaic) genitive of er / (archaic) genitive of es

existence, being, essence (the state and the conditions of being, existing, occurring)

to be around / to exist

to be at fault

(with accusative; higher register with genitive) to be tired of

(intransitive) to have a cold

(transitive) To be on, shortening of angeschaltet sein as well as of eingeschaltet sein, based on the current flow.

(informal) to let be, refrain