wait
Bedeutung (English)
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- To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
- To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- (obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
- (obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
- (colloquial,obsolete) To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
- (obsolete) To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait
- To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
Konzepte
rechnen auf
rechnen mit
Erwarten
beiten
kellnern
Synonyms
have patience
be patient
stay for
time lag
don’t move
be waiting
look forward
not now
wait awhile
watch carefully
wait a bit
time wasted
bie still
wait a little
be located
let's see now
watch for
attendre
for a moment
ive
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/weɪt/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from Old French gaitier, guaitier), from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to watch, guard”), derivative of Frankish *wahtu (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”). Cognate with Old High German wahtēn (“to watch, guard”), German Low German wachten (“to wait”), Dutch wachten (“to wait, expect”), French guetter (“to watch out for”), Saterland Frisian wachtje (“to wait”), West Frisian wachtsje (“to wait”), North Frisian wachtjen (“to stand, stay put”). More at watch. In some senses, merged or influenced by Middle English waiten, weiten (“to do good to, lie in wait for, to contrive good or harm on, catch, snare”), from Old Norse veita (“to give help to, assist, grant, cause to happen”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to show, guide, advise, direct”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Largely overtook native Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan.
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