währen

Meaning

to last, persist

Frequency

30k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

duure

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
wäh‧ren
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɛːʁən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wëren, wern, from Old High German werēn, from Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn, related to Old High German wesen (“to be, exist”). More at Wesen (“being, essence, creature”).

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