abwarten

German

Etymology

ab- + warten

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ab‧war‧ten
  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌvaʁtən/, [ˈʔapˌvaɐ̯tn̩]

Verb

abwarten (weak, third-person singular present wartet ab, past tense wartete ab, past participle abgewartet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to await; to wait for
  2. (intransitive) to wait and see (await the course of events before taking action)
  3. (transitive) to wait through (until the end)
  4. (intransitive) to wait around, to be patient

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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