wär

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

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

wär

1. (informal or poetic) alternative form of wäre

   wenn ich ein Junge wär ― if I were a boy

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

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

wär ?

1. water

• āp (“body of water, river”)