gewähren
See also: gewahren
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/, [ɡəˈvɛːʁən], [ɡəˈveːʁən] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˈveː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ge‧wäh‧ren
Verb
- 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.
- Freiheit ist indessen nichts, was gewährt werden kann. Freiheit wird genommen und gelebt.
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 278:
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