wahren

From Middle High German warn, waren, from Old High German warōn, ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic *warōn. Related to biwarōn, from wara (“attention”). Compare German bewahren.

• IPA^(key): /vaːrən/, [ˈvaːʁən], [ˈvaː(ɐ̯)n], [ʋ-]

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• Hyphenation: wah‧ren
• Homophones: waren, Waren (general), Wahn (some speakers in casual speech)

wahren (weak, third-person singular present wahrt, past tense wahrte, past participle gewahrt, auxiliary haben)

1. to protect, to safeguard

   Synonyms: beschützen, bewachen, schützen, sichern, verteidigen

2. to maintain, to preserve

   Synonyms: aufrechterhalten, beibehalten, behalten, bewahren, erhalten, festhalten

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• verwahren
• Wahren n
• Wahrer m
• Wahrerin f
• Wahrung f
• Wahrzeichen n
• Wart m

• bewahren
• verwahrlosen

wahren

1. inflection of wahr:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

• “wahren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “wahren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “wahren” in Duden online
• “wahren” in OpenThesaurus.de