Usage Note
Fürwahr is a formal or literary emphatic particle meaning 'truly' or 'indeed', used to affirm or underscore a statement. It has a somewhat archaic or rhetorical flavour in contemporary German, but is still encountered in speeches, historical writing, and formal prose.
Examples
"Das ist fürwahr eine bemerkenswerte Leistung."
Natural Translation
That is truly a remarkable achievement.
Literal Translation
That is truly a remarkable achievement.
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