warten

Meaning

1. (intransitive,weak) to wait (for)
2. (transitive,weak) to maintain (chiefly a machine, e.g. a car or heating)

Concepts

wait

expect

await

maintain

wait for

service

stay

hold on

look after

take care of

hang on

attend

care

care for

cure

heal

nurse

remedy

tend to

treat

attend to

see to

be soon

be in the offing

need

to depend on

remain

anticipate

stop

guard

mind

supervise

watch

waiting

tarry

wait up

take

intermit

hope

look forward

look forward to

Hyphenated as

war‧ten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvartən/

Etymology

From Middle High German warten, from Old High German wartēn, from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną. Cognate with Old Saxon wardōn, Swedish vårda, English ward.

Sentences

Danach musste sie aber zehn Monate auf den nächsten Einsatz warten .

After that, however, she had to wait ten months for the next assignment.