bewahren

See also: bewähren

German

Etymology

Middle High German bewarn, from Old High German biwarōn, from Proto-Germanic *biwarōną. By surface analysis, be- + wahren. Cognate with English beware

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈvaːʁən/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧wah‧ren

Verb

bewahren (weak, third-person singular present bewahrt, past tense bewahrte, past participle bewahrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to keep, to preserve (to maintain the condition of)

Conjugation

Further reading

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