verwarnen
German
Etymology
16th century, from ver- + warnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feʁˈvaʁnən/, [fɐˈvaʁ.nən], [fɛɐ̯-], [-ˌvaɐ̯-], [-ˌvaː-], [-nn̩]
Audio (Germany): (file)
Verb
verwarnen (weak, third-person singular present verwarnt, past tense verwarnte, past participle verwarnt, auxiliary haben)
- to caution, admonish, to warn of punishment or other negative consequences
- (ball games) to book, to show a yellow card to (but sometimes also used for a verbal warning, which is more properly called ermahnen)
Conjugation
Conjugation of verwarnen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | verwarnen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verwarnend | ||||
| past participle | verwarnt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verwarne | wir verwarnen | i | ich verwarne | wir verwarnen |
| du verwarnst | ihr verwarnt | du verwarnest | ihr verwarnet | ||
| er verwarnt | sie verwarnen | er verwarne | sie verwarnen | ||
| preterite | ich verwarnte | wir verwarnten | ii | ich verwarnte1 | wir verwarnten1 |
| du verwarntest | ihr verwarntet | du verwarntest1 | ihr verwarntet1 | ||
| er verwarnte | sie verwarnten | er verwarnte1 | sie verwarnten1 | ||
| imperative | verwarn (du) verwarne (du) |
verwarnt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verwarnen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Verwarnen, Verwarner, Verwarnung
- verwarnend, verwarnt
See also
- vorwarnen (not to be confused)