warnen

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/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːnən/, /ˈvaːnn̩/ (widespread, especially northern and central Germany)
  • (file)

Verb

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

  1. to warn (vor of/against)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. warnen in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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