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German
Etymology
From Middle High German (ge)wern, from Old High German (gi)werēn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”). Compare English guarantee and warrant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈvɛːʁən/, , (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˈveː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: ge‧wäh‧ren
Verb
gewähren (weak, third-person singular present gewährt, past tense gewährte, past participle gewährt, auxiliary haben)
- to grant, to allow
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 278:
Freiheit ist indessen nichts, was gewährt werden kann. Freiheit wird genommen und gelebt.- But freedom is nothing that can be granted. Freedom is taken and lived.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
gewähren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
gewähren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gewähren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “gewähren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “gewähren” in Duden online
- “gewähren” in OpenThesaurus.de