zwar
Εννοια (English)
- Signals a following contrary clause, which is usually introduced with aber (“but”), stressing that the speaker is aware of the contradiction, but that it does not invalidate the statement.
- namely; only in the form und zwar
Synonyms
Συχνότητα
Dialects
Κάντον οφ Ζυρίχη
zwar
Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Λάντσαφτ
zwoor
Λουζέμ
zwar
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/tsvaːr/
Etymology (English)
In summary
From Middle High German zwāre, contraction of ze wāre (“verily, indeed”), from Old High German zi wāre (8th c.). Equivalent to zu + wahr. The concessive use developed first in cognate Middle Low German twâre.
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