Ware
German, noun
Ware is spelled W-A-R-E (4 letters) and appears 661 times per million words in written German, the 148th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ware is a German feminine noun meaning “goods, merchandise, ware, commodity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, wäre is a different word: “first/third-person singular subjunctive II of sein”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Handel oder Tausch erwerbbares Gut”.
What does Ware mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegoods, merchandise, ware, commodity
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular subjunctive II of sein
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch Handel oder Tausch erwerbbares Gut 2. Erzeugnis von einer bestimmten Beschaffenheit, zum Beispiel bei Textilien
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ware
- Waren plural
- wär alternative
- Waare obsolete
- Wa. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ware
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ware in German?
Ware appears 661 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).