See also: Wehren

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German weren, from Old High German werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [veːɐ̯n], [ˈveːʁən]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːʀən
  • Hyphenation: weh‧ren

Verb edit

wehren (weak, third-person singular present wehrt, past tense wehrte, past participle gewehrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fight
  2. (reflexive) to defend
    Ich wollte mich doch nur wehren.I only tried to defend myself.

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

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