German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ warten

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to await; to wait for
    Unser Zug muss noch die Ankunft eines anderen Zuges abwarten.
    Our train still needs to wait for the arrival of another train.
  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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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