warnen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German warnen (“to watch over, protect”), Old High German warnen (“to deny, refuse, decline”). Cognate with Old Norse varna (“to refuse”), Old Saxon wernian (“to decline, withhold”), Old English wyrnan, English warn.[1] From Proto-Germanic *warnōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaʁnən/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: 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 229: 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.
  • Audio (Austria):(file)

Verb

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  1. to warn (vor of/against)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

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

Further reading

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