warnen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German warnen (to watch over, protect), Old High German warnen (to deny, refuse, decline), from Proto-West Germanic *warnōn.

Cognate with Old Norse varna (to refuse), Old Saxon wernian (to decline, withhold), Old English wyrnan, English warn.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, with vor + dative) to warn, to caution, to admonish
    Kritiker warnen vor unabsehbaren Folgen für Gesundheit und Umwelt.
    Critics warn against the unpredictable impact on human health and the environment.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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

Further reading

  • warnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • warnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • warnen” in Duden online
  • warnen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • warnien

Etymology

From Old English wearnian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwarnən/

Verb

warnen

  1. to warn; admonish

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: warn
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