wa
German, pronoun/va/
wa is spelled W-A (2 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wa is a German pronoun meaning “pronunciation spelling of wir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wir”.
What does wa mean in English?
particle
- 1
colloquialright?; is it?; is it not?
Wir müssen da lang, wa?
particle
- 1
colloquialwhat, huh (expresses that something was extremely hard to understand acoustically or outlandish in content)
pronoun
- 1
colloquialpronunciation spelling of wir
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
particle: 1. verschliffene Floskel für die eingeschobene, rhetorische Frage „Gelt es?“, „Gilt es?“, „Habe ich recht?“ oder „Nicht wahr?“, „Stimmt es?“, um sich der (vorausgesetzten) Zustimmung zu versichern. Die Frage wird nicht oder nur mit der gleichen Floskel beantwortet.
pronoun: 1. wir
abbreviation: 1. Waage 2. Waffe, Waffen 3. Wagen 4. Waggon
noun: 1. im Grenzgebiet zwischen Myanmar und China lebendes Bergvolk
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 wa?
- /va/
- [vɐ̠]
- /vah/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wa in German?
wa appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).