Polyglot Dictionary

warten

/ˈvaʁtn̩/

verb A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
wartet
past
wartete
perfect
hat gewartet

Meaning

  1. to wait

    Takes auf + accusative for what's being waited for — "Ich warte auf dich" (I'm waiting for you).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive

Similar words

abpassen

Abpassen is timing your wait deliberately — catching someone at the right moment; warten is just the general word for waiting.

Similar in other languages

French

attendre

attendre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to wait."

Practice

1 What does warten mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches warten?

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