Wart

See also: wart and wärt

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wart, from Old High German wart,, from Proto-West Germanic *ward, from Proto-Germanic *wardaz, *warduz; see the verb wahren. Cognate with English ward.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vaʁt]
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Hyphenation: Wart
Rhymes: -aʁt

Noun

Wart m (strong, genitive Wartes or Warts, plural Warte, feminine Wartin)

guard, ward
Synonym: Wächter m

Declension

Declension of Wart [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wart	die	Warte
genitive	eines	des	Wartes, Warts	der	Warte
dative	einem	dem	Wart, Warte¹	den	Warten
accusative	einen	den	Wart	die	Warte

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Derived terms

Wärter m

Related terms

Blockwart, Kassenwart, Platzwart, Torwart
wahren

Further reading

“Wart” in Duden online
“Wart” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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