harren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German harren, further origin is unclear. Popularised by Luther. Perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German harren, harden (“to wait, await”), from Old Saxon *hardōn (“to become hard, harden, be steadfast, await”), from Proto-West Germanic *hardēn (“to become hard, endure, wait, persevere”), related to Old High German hartēn (“to harden, await, endure, be steadfast”). Cognate with German Low German harren (“to await”), Saterland Frisian häide (“to endure, bear”), Middle Dutch verharren (“to be or become overly firm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈharən/, [ˈha.ʁən], [-ʁn̩], [-ʁɴ̩], [haː(ɐ̯)n] Homophones: Haaren, Hahn, Harn (some speakers, chiefly in casual speech) === Verb === harren (weak, third-person singular present harrt, past tense harrte, past participle geharrt, auxiliary haben) (higher register) to await patiently [with genitive or (sometimes) auf (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’] with resignation or humility Synonyms: (more general) erwarten, sich fügen (dated) with longingness or hopefulness Synonym: warten/hoffen auf ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ausharren beharren erharren verharren === Further reading === “harren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “harren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “harren” in Duden online “harren” in OpenThesaurus.de == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === harren m definite singular of harr == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === harren m definite singular of harr == West Frisian == === Pronoun === harren object of sy (“they”) === Determiner === harren alternative form of har (“their”)