warnen

Meaning

to warn, to caution, to admonish

Frequency

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.