warnen

Meaning

to warn, to caution, to admonish

call attention

raise the alarm

sound the alarm

Alarm auslösen

Alarm geben

wachrufen

zusammentrommeln

in Gefechtsbereitschaft versetzen

vorbeugen

feststellen

hinweisen auf

Lärm schlagen

aufrütteln

προειδοποιώ

Frequency

Basel-Landschaft

waarne

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvaʁnən/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Old Norse

Cognate with Old Saxon

Cognate with Old English

Cognate with English

In summary

From Middle High German warnen (“to watch over, protect”), Old High German warnōn (“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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