fürwahr
German, adverb/fyːɐ̯ˈvaːɐ̯/
fürwahr is spelled F-Ü-R-W-A-H-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fürwahr is a German adverb meaning “forsooth, for sure, indeed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Tat, wirklich”.
What does fürwahr mean in English?
adverb
- 1
datedforsooth, for sure, indeed
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. in der Tat, wirklich
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce fürwahr?
- /fyːɐ̯ˈvaːɐ̯/
- [fyːɐ̯ˈvaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fürwahr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fürwahr in German?
fürwahr appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).