warnen
Meaning
to warn, to caution, to admonish
Concepts
Synonyms
Alarm auslösen
Alarm geben
wachrufen
zusammentrommeln
in Gefechtsbereitschaft versetzen
hinweisen auf
Lärm schlagen
anraten
aufrütteln
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvaʁnən/
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.
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