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warnen.

to warn, to caution, to admonish

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈvaʁnən/standard/ˈvaːnən//ˈvaːnn̩/
  1. to warn, to caution, to admonish

    transitive · weak
    Kritiker warnen vor unabsehbaren Folgen für Gesundheit und Umwelt.
Where this word comes from

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.

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