warnen

From Middle High German warnen (“to watch over, protect”), Old High German warnen (“to deny, refuse, decline”), from Proto-West Germanic *warnōn.

Cognate with Old Norse varna (“to refuse”), Old Saxon wernian (“to decline, withhold”), Old English wyrnan, English warn.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaʁnən/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːnən/, /ˈvaːnn̩/ (widespread, especially northern and central Germany)

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warnen (weak, third-person singular present warnt, past tense warnte, past participle gewarnt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to warn, to caution, to admonish

   Kritiker warnen vor unabsehbaren Folgen für Gesundheit und Umwelt.

   Critics warn against the unpredictable impact on human health and the environment.

• Warnen, Warner, Warnung
• warnend, gewarnt
• entwarnen, verwarnen, vorwarnen

• “warnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “warnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “warnen” in Duden online
• “warnen” in OpenThesaurus.de

• warnien

From Old English wearnian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwarnən/

warnen

1. to warn; admonish

• English: warn