zwar

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. namely; only in the form und zwar

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

zwar

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

zwoor

Lucerne

Lucerne

zwar

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/tsvaːr/
Etymology

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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