Verb

bin

Translation

Ich bin Student.

I am a student.

Ich bin zu Hause.

I am at home.

Ich bin müde.

I am tired.

Ich bin ((predicative noun)). I am (a noun). Ich bin Lehrer.

Ich bin ((adjective)). I am (adjective). Ich bin glücklich.

Ich bin ((location)). I am (at a location). Ich bin in der Schule.

Synonyms: existiere (I exist); Antonyms: bin nicht (am not)

From Old High German 'bim', from Proto-Germanic *biumi, related to the English 'be'.

This is the 'am' in 'I am'. 'Ich bin' is one of the first phrases you learn. Think of 'I have *been*'.