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See also: Warten
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈvartən/, [ˈvaʁ.tn̩], [ˈvaɐ̯-], [ˈvaː-], [ʋ-], [-tən]
audio (Germany) (file) audio (Germany) (file) audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: war‧ten
- Homophone: waten (some speakers)
Verb[edit]
warten (weak, third-person singular present wartet, past tense wartete, past participle gewartet, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to wait (for) [+ auf (accusative)]
- (transitive) to maintain (chiefly a machine, e.g. a car or heating)
Usage notes[edit]
- 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[edit]
infinitive | warten | ||||
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present participle | wartend | ||||
past participle | gewartet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich warte | wir warten | i | ich warte | wir warten |
du wartest | ihr wartet | du wartest | ihr wartet | ||
er wartet | sie warten | er warte | sie warten | ||
preterite | ich wartete | wir warteten | ii | ich wartete1 | wir warteten1 |
du wartetest | ihr wartetet | du wartetest1 | ihr wartetet1 | ||
er wartete | sie warteten | er wartete1 | sie warteten1 | ||
imperative | wart (du) warte (du) |
wartet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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