warten

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German warten, from Old High German wartēn, from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną. Cognate with Old Saxon wardōn, Swedish vårda, English ward.

Pronunciation

Verb

warten (weak, third-person singular present wartet, past tense wartete, past participle gewartet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to wait (for)
  2. (transitive) to maintain (chiefly a machine, e.g. a car or heating)

Usage notes

  • The intransitive sense of warten originally governed the genitive case (ich warte deiner instead of ich warte auf dich). Today this usage is generally archaic.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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