wär

See also: Appendix:Variations of "war"

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛːr/, [vɛːɐ̯], [veːɐ̯], [vɛɐ̯], [ʋ-]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophones: wer, wehr, Wehr (some speakers)

Verb

wär

1. (informal or poetic) alternative form of wäre

   wenn ich ein Junge wär ― if I were a boy

Usage notes

• Note that, unlike wär, the contracted forms du wärst and ihr wärt are fully standard (alongside wärest, wäret).

Kaqchikel

Verb

wär (intransitive)

1. to sleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of wär

	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
present	yiwär	yawär	n(i)wär	yojwär	yixwär	yewär
past	xiwär	xawär	xwär	xojwär	xixwär	xewär
future	xkiwär	xkawär	xt(i)wär	xkojwär	xkixwär	xkewär
imperative/hortative	kiwär	kawär	t(i)wär	kojwär	kixwär	kewär

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *wär (whence also Tocharian B war), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”) through a regular (endocentric) thematicization via *udrom.

Noun

wär ?

1. water

See also

• āp (“body of water, river”)