warnen

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German

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaʁnən/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːnən/, /ˈvaːnn̩/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "widespread, especially northern and central Germany" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “warnen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wearnian.

Pronunciation

Verb

warnen

  1. to warn; admonish

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: warn