wahr

== Central Franconian == === Etymology === From German wahr. Doublet of inherited wohr (“truthful”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋaə̯/ Homophone: War === Adjective === wahr (masculine wahre, feminine wahr or wahre, not comparable) (most dialects) true, real, actual Synonym: ääch == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German wār, wǣre, from Old High German wār, wāri, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaːr/, [vaː(ɐ̯)], [vaːʁ], [ʋ-] Homophone: war === Adjective === wahr (strong nominative masculine singular wahrer, comparative wahrer, superlative am wahrsten) true, real Synonym: echt Antonym: falsch Das ist wahre Liebe. ― This is true love. true, truthful Synonyms: ehrlich, wahrheitsgemäß Antonyms: falsch, unwahr Das ist ein wahres Wort. ― This is a truthful statement ==== Usage notes ==== The German word is not commonly used to mean “correct”. Thus “a true answer” is eine richtige Antwort. The phrase eine wahre Antwort would usually be understood in the sense of “a truthful answer” (for which more often eine ehrliche Antwort). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “wahr” in Duden online “wahr”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German wâr, from Old Saxon wār. Cognate with German wahr, Dutch waar. === Adjective === wahr (comparative wahrer or wahrder, superlative wahrst) true ==== Declension ====