Wart

See also: wart and wärt

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wart, warte, from Old High German wart, warto, from Proto-West Germanic *ward, *wardō, from Proto-Germanic *wardaz, *warduz, *wardô. Related with warten and wahren. Cognate with English ward.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vart/, [vaʁt], [vaɐ̯t], [vaːt], [ʋ-]

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• Hyphenation: Wart
• Rhymes: -aʁt
• Homophones: ward (general), wahrt, wart (some speakers)

Noun

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

1. (archaic outside compounds) keeper, guard, one responsible for the upkeep and/or protection of something

   Synonyms: Aufseher, Beauftragter, Zuständiger, Wärter, Wächter

Usage notes

• In compounds an alternative plural -wärte is often heard and also readily attested in written sources, though it may as yet be considered substandard.

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 rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Blockwart
• Burgwart
• Deichwart
• Forstwart
• Gerätewart
• Hauswart
• Kassenwart
• Platzwart
• Sportwart
• Tankwart
• Torwart
• Wegewart
• Zeugwart

 

Related terms

• warten, Warte, Wärter
• wahren

Further reading

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