wehren
Meaning
- (reflexive, weak) to defend oneself
- (archaic, weak) to prevent the spread of something, to fight
- (obsolete, transitive, weak) to deny, to prevent someone from doing something
Synonyms
die Stirn bieten
Trotz bieten
zur Wehr setzen
Widerstand leisten
nein sagen
nicht mitmachen
nichts gefallen lassen
nicht gefallen lassen
nicht mitspielen
nicht mitziehen
Nein sagen
erledigen
Translations
korunmak
pugna
pelear
combat
costruzione
berxwedan
batalhaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[veːɐ̯n]
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German weren, from Old High German werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.
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