how to pronounce war

/vaːɐ̯/

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war is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

aː

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An example use of war in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… ein mal pipi machen war hang an in einem …”

meanings of war

verb:

Third-person singular preterite of sein.
First-person singular preterite of sein.

war frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word war occurs in german on average 3963 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.