warten
See also: Warten
German
Etymology
From Middle High German warten, from Old High German wartēn, from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną. Cognate with Old Saxon wardōn, Swedish vårda, English ward.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvartən/, [ˈvaʁ.tn̩], [ˈvaɐ̯-], [ˈvaː-], [ʋ-], [-tən]
Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: war‧ten
- Homophone: waten (some speakers)
Verb
warten (weak, third-person singular present wartet, past tense wartete, past participle gewartet, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to wait (for) [with auf (+ accusative)]
- (transitive) to maintain (chiefly a machine, e.g. a car or heating)
Usage notes
- The intransitive sense of warten originally governed the genitive case (ich warte deiner instead of ich warte auf dich). Today this usage is generally archaic.
Conjugation
Conjugation of warten (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | warten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | wartend | ||||
| past participle | gewartet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich warte | wir warten | i | ich warte | wir warten |
| du wartest | ihr wartet | du wartest | ihr wartet | ||
| er wartet | sie warten | er warte | sie warten | ||
| preterite | ich wartete | wir warteten | ii | ich wartete1 | wir warteten1 |
| du wartetest | ihr wartetet | du wartetest1 | ihr wartetet1 | ||
| er wartete | sie warteten | er wartete1 | sie warteten1 | ||
| imperative | wart (du) warte (du) |
wartet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of warten (weak, auxiliary haben)