wallah
German, adverb[ˈwala]
wallah is spelled W-A-L-L-A-H (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wallah is a German adverb meaning “(tag question) right?” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does wallah mean in English?
interjection
- 1
slangGeneric intensifier.
adverb
- 1
slang(tag question) right?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce wallah?
- [ˈwala]
- [ˈvala]
- [waˈlːah]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wallah in German?
wallah appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).