gewähren

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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

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  1. 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.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • gewähren” in Duden online
  • gewähren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache