wäre

See also: ware, Ware, wãrẽ, warē, wære, and -ware

German

Alternative forms

• wär

Etymology

From Middle High German wære, from Old High German wāri, from Proto-West Germanic *wāʀī, from Proto-Germanic *wēzī, the preterite of *wesaną (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) /ˈvɛːʁə/, (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) /ˈveːʁə/

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• Homophone: währe
• Rhymes: -ɛːʁə, -eːʁə
• Hyphenation: wä‧re

Verb

wäre

1. first/third-person singular subjunctive II of sein