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• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaːrə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wa‧ren
• Rhymes: -aːrən

Unknown. The only cognate found is West Frisian waarje. Perhaps related to Old High German wadalōn (“to roam, wander”); if so, related to Proto-West Germanic *wāan (“to blow (of wind)”); compare modern German Wallfahrt (“pilgrimage”). Or, related to Old English wāþ (“wandering, hunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *waiþu (“wandering, hunt”).^[1]

waren

1. (intransitive) to wander, to roam

   Synonyms: dolen, dwalen

Conjugation of waren (weak)
infinitive	waren
past singular	waarde
past participle	gewaard
infinitive	waren
gerund	waren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	waar	waarde
2nd person sing. (jij)	waart, waar2	waarde
2nd person sing. (u)	waart	waarde
2nd person sing. (gij)	waart	waarde
3rd person singular	waart	waarde
plural	waren	waarden
subjunctive sing.1	ware	waarde
subjunctive plur.1	waren	waarden
imperative sing.	waar
imperative plur.1	waart
participles	warend	gewaard
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

From Middle Dutch waren, from Old Dutch *waron, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn, from Proto-Germanic *warōną.

waren

1. (transitive, obsolete) to watch
2. (transitive, obsolete) to protect
3. (transitive, obsolete) to keep, to preserve

Conjugation of waren (weak)
infinitive	waren
past singular	waarde
past participle	gewaard
infinitive	waren
gerund	waren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	waar	waarde
2nd person sing. (jij)	waart, waar2	waarde
2nd person sing. (u)	waart	waarde
2nd person sing. (gij)	waart	waarde
3rd person singular	waart	waarde
plural	waren	waarden
subjunctive sing.1	ware	waarde
subjunctive plur.1	waren	waarden
imperative sing.	waar
imperative plur.1	waart
participles	warend	gewaard
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

waren

1. inflection of zijn:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

waren

1. plural of waar

• IPA^(key): /vaː(r)ən/, [ˈvaː(ʁ)ən], [ˈvaː(ɐ̯)n], [ʋ-]

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• Homophones: wahren, Waren (general), Wahn (some speakers)
• Hyphenation: wa‧ren

waren

1. first/third-person plural preterite of sein: were

waren

1. first-person plural preterite indicative of sinn
2. third-person plural preterite indicative of sinn

wâren

1. first/third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of wēsen

From Old English warian, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn, from Proto-Germanic *warōną.

• warien

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaːrən/

waren

1. to beware

• English: ware
• Scots: war, ware
• Yola: waur

• “wāren, v.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

waren

1. alternative form of weren

waren

1. alternative form of warenne

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈwaːrən/

wāren

1. first/third-person plural past indicative of sīn / wësen

From Old Saxon wārōn, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn.

• (originally) IPA^(key): /wɒːrən/

wāren

1. to last, to endure
2. to vouch for, to swear an oath to that something is true, to prove the truth of something by evidence
3. to take care, to look after
4. to protect, to guard
5. to keep up, to continue

• Danish: vara

From wa (“young man”) +‎ ren (“person”).

• IPA^(key): [wɑɻə̃]

waren

1. man

   Coordinate term: niren (“woman”)

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008), Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN