wahr
Meaning in English: true
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Ist das wirklich wahr?
Is that really true?
Forms of wahr in the top 5,000
These forms of wahr are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Die wahren Gründe hat er uns nie erzählt.
He never told us the real reasons.
How common is wahr?
wahr is number 2,695 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 33 times per million words — about once every 30,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Related words in the list
Words built on wahr:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,691geltendenapplicable, current (rules)
- 2,692greiftgrabs, reaches; takes effect
- 2,693die Begegnungencounter, meeting
- 2,694die Angabeinformation, detail, statement
- 2,695wahrtrue
- 2,696absolvierencomplete (a course, training)
- 2,697fitfit
- 2,698errichtetbuilt, erected
- 2,699Aktienshares, stocks
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,695
- The most common German adjectives#418
- German A2 vocabulary#600
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.