wahren
B1#2,155Hear it
verb
- to protect, to safeguard
- to maintain, to preserve
Forms
Present
| I | wahre |
|---|---|
| you | wahrst |
| he, she, it | wahrt |
| we | wahren |
| you (plural) | wahrt |
| they | wahren |
Preterite
| I | wahrte |
|---|---|
| you | wahrtest |
| he, she, it | wahrte |
| we | wahrten |
| you (plural) | wahrtet |
| they | wahrten |
Subjunctive I
| I | wahre |
|---|---|
| you | wahrest |
| he, she, it | wahre |
| we | wahren |
| you (plural) | wahret |
| they | wahren |
Subjunctive II
| I | wahrte |
|---|---|
| you | wahrtest |
| he, she, it | wahrte |
| we | wahrten |
| you (plural) | wahrtet |
| they | wahrten |
Imperative
| you | wahr / wahre |
|---|---|
| you (plural) | wahrt |
Other forms
| infinitive | wahren |
|---|---|
| past participle | gewahrt |
| present participle | wahrend |
Used in the library
- Das Geheimnis wahren kann in diesem Dorf niemand.Nobody in this village can keep a secret.B1Noch einmal, bitte (8) — Once more, please (8) (B1)
- Ihr Ziel ist es, das Rezept der Urgroßmutter zu wahren.Her aim is to preserve her great-grandmother's recipe.B1Noch einmal, bitte (1) — Once more, please (1) (B1)
- Die Form muss man wahren, sagt der Regisseur, und lacht.You have to keep up appearances, says the director, and laughs.B1Noch einmal, bitte (15) — Once more, please (15) (B1)
Other ways to say it
- aufrechterhaltento maintain, preserve, uphold, sustain
- behaltento keep, to retain (money, items, etc. in one's possession); to keep [with accusative ‘information, etc.’ and für (+ accusative reflexive pronoun) ‘to oneself’], to not reveal (a secret)
- beibehaltento maintain, keep; to retain
- beschützento protect, to guard, to defend
- bewachento guard, to watch over
- bewahrento keep, to preserve (to maintain the condition of)
- erhaltento receive (something given, sent, won, etc.); to receive (a rebuke, punishment, fine, prison sentence, etc.)
- festhaltento hold on (to) (to keep another object or person in place); to hold on (to) [with an (+ dative) ‘to something’] (to keep oneself in place by gripping a fixture)