verwahren

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German verwarn. Equivalent to ver- +‎ wahren.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧wah‧ren
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Verb

verwahren (weak, third-person singular present verwahrt, past tense verwahrte, past participle verwahrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to keep safe, to store
  2. (reflexive) to protest, repudiate, object, reject (e.g., a statement, accusations, etc.)

Usage notes

Due to the semantic and phonetic similarity, verwahren in the sense of "to protest, repudiate" is frequently confused with the verb verwehren (to refuse, deny, forbid), e.g. Ich *verwehre mich gegen diese Anschuldigungen. instead of Ich verwahre mich gegen diese Anschuldigungen. ("I object against these accusations.")

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Further reading

  • verwahren” in Duden online
  • verwahren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verwahren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon