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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "wahr" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "wahr" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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I was thinking about the Berlin / Brandenburg “wahr”.
a few days ago someone was like “schön Feierabend wahr” and this got me thinking about how you’d translate that.
I guess “have a good evening yeah” What do you think and what does this einigmatic “wahr” express when its not having to do with a question?
Uh, I think what you mean is “wa”
– Schönen Feierabend, wa.
– Na dann lass dir schmecken, wa.
It might be a very shortened version of “nicht wahr” , but it might also be a shortened version of “oda watt” (which they say in Ruhrgebiet) and it doesn’t really mean anything, except it leaves the “conversation” open for a reply like “Danke, wa” or some other positive response.
oh interesting, i thought it was “wahr” but good to be corrected on that