warten

Meaning

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

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

baite

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

waarte

Zürich

Zürich

warte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvartən/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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