zwar

Anlam (İngilizce)

  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
  3. Intensifies a request or command.

Kavramlar

Sıklık

A2
Lehçeler

Zürih

Zürih

zwar

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

zwoor

Luzern

Luzern

zwar

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Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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. Compare Czech sice.

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