wehren

See also: Wehren

German

Etymology

From Middle High German weren, from Old High German werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [veːɐ̯n], [ˈveːʁən]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -eːʀən
Hyphenation: weh‧ren

Verb

wehren (weak, third-person singular present wehrt, past tense wehrte, past participle gewehrt, auxiliary haben)

to fight
(reflexive) to defend
Ich wollte mich doch nur wehren. ― I only tried to defend myself.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Related terms

Bundeswehr
Reichswehr
Wehrbeauftragter
Wehrdienst
Wehrgang
Wehrhoheit
Wehrkirche
Wehrmacht
Wehrmann
Wehrpflicht
Wehrstachel
Wehrübung

Further reading

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

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