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gab's

there was; there were

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phrase Uncommon #13,060
there was; there were Informal contraction of „gab es,“ used to say that something existed, was present, or was available in the past.
GE: Gab's gestern noch Kuchen?
EN: Was there any cake left yesterday?

So viel ich weiß, gab's hier keinen.

As far as I know, there wasn't one here.

— Burning (2018)

Gab's Probleme?

Were there any problems?

— Akira (1988)

Dort gab's eine Tragödie.

There was a tragedy there.

— Bacurau (2019)

Was für eine Entdeckung, da gab's ja auch nichts zu essen!

What a discovery—there wasn't even anything to eat there!

— La Strada - Das Lied der Straße (1954)

Und überhaupt, bei unserem Haus gab's keinen Brunnen.

And besides, there wasn’t a well at our house.

— Burning (2018)

Einen Umschlag gab's nicht, Coco?

There wasn't an envelope, Coco?

— Die Schneegesellschaft (2023)

Gab's keine mehr in der Basis?

Weren’t there any more at the base?

— The Wolf's Call - Entscheidung in der Tiefe (2019)

Bei mir gab's noch nie Streit.

I've never had an argument.

— La Strada - Das Lied der Straße (1954)

Ich gab's dir später.

I gave it to you later.

— The Devil's Backbone (2001)

So was gab's in meinem Zirkus noch nie!

We've never had anything like that in my circus before!

— La Strada - Das Lied der Straße (1954)

Gab's Erdbeben?

Was there an earthquake?

— Alles steht Kopf (2015)

Was Größeres gab's nicht.

There wasn't anything bigger.

— The Big Sick (2017)

Durch das Gewitter gab's Stromausfall.

The thunderstorm caused a power outage.

— Parallelwelten (2018)

Da gab's gar nichts.

There was nothing at all.

— Die Legende vom Ozeanpianisten (1998)

In meinem Kopf gab's eine Revolution.

There was a revolution in my head.

— Die Legende vom Ozeanpianisten (1998)

Das gab's bereits in diesem Kaff in New Hampshire.

They already had that in this podunk town in New Hampshire.

— State and Main (2000)

Hier gab's noch nie was Leckeres.

There’s never been anything tasty here.

— Elephant (2003)

Gab's das schon?

Was that already there?

— Iwans Kindheit (1962)

Damals gab's noch keine Dollar.

Back then, there weren’t any dollars yet.

— Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod (1968)

Im Krankenhaus gab's das auch.

They had that at the hospital too.

— The Big Sick (2017)

Da gab's Geister in jedem Haus und Gott in jeder Kirche.

There were ghosts in every house and God in every church.

— Stalker (1979)