warten
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- wait
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warten in a sentence
Können Sie ein paar Minuten warten?
Can you wait a few minutes?
Conjugation of warten
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- wartete
- Perfect
- hat gewartet
Where warten comes from
[1]: von mittelhochdeutsch warten, althochdeutsch warten „ausschauen, aufpassen, erwarten“, einer Derivation zum Substantiv Warte, eigentlich „Ausschau halten“ :[2]: hervorgegangen aus der mittelhochdeutschen Bedeutung „auf etwas achthaben“
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Questions about warten
How do you conjugate warten?
Present tense: ich warte, du wartest, er wartet, wir warten, ihr wartet, sie warten. Simple past: wartete. Perfect: hat gewartet.
What does warten mean in English?
warten means "wait". For example: "Können Sie ein paar Minuten warten?" — "Can you wait a few minutes?"
What level is warten in German?
warten is a A1 word — a1 — beginner. It belongs to the waiting & staying vocabulary.
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