warnen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German warnen (“to watch over, protect”), Old High German warnōn (“to deny, refuse, decline”), from Proto-West Germanic *warnōn. Cognate with Old Norse varna (“to refuse”), Old Saxon wernian (“to decline, withhold”), Old English wyrnan, English warn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaʁnən/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈvaːnən/, /ˈvaːnn̩/ (widespread, especially northern and central Germany) === Verb === warnen (weak, third-person singular present warnt, past tense warnte, past participle gewarnt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to warn, to caution, to admonish [with accusative ‘someone’ and vor (+ dative) ‘about/against something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Warnen, Warner, Warnung warnend, gewarnt entwarnen, verwarnen, vorwarnen ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “warnen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “warnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “warnen” in Duden online “warnen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle English == === Alternative forms === warnien === Etymology === From Old English wearnian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwarnən/ === Verb === warnen to warn; admonish ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: warn