warnen

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

  • English: warn
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