warnen

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.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaʁnən/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːnən/, /ˈvaːnn̩/ (widespread, especially northern and central Germany)

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warnen (weak, third-person singular present warnt, past tense warnte, past participle gewarnt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to warn, to caution, to admonish [with accusative ‘someone’ and vor (+ dative) ‘about/against something’]

   Kritiker warnen vor unabsehbaren Folgen für Gesundheit und Umwelt.

   Critics warn against the unpredictable impact on human health and the environment.

• Warnen, Warner, Warnung
• warnend, gewarnt
• entwarnen, verwarnen, vorwarnen

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

• warnien

From Old English wearnian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwarnən/

warnen

1. to warn; admonish

• English: warn