gewähren

See also: gewahren

German

Etymology

From Middle High German (ge)wern, from Old High German (gi)werēn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (to defend, ward off). Compare English guarantee and warrant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈvɛːʁən/, [ɡəˈvɛːʁən], [ɡəˈveːʁən] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˈveː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧wäh‧ren

Verb

gewähren (weak, third-person singular present gewährt, past tense gewährte, past participle gewährt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to grant, to allow
    • 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 278:
      Freiheit ist indessen nichts, was gewährt werden kann. Freiheit wird genommen und gelebt.
      But freedom is nothing that can be granted. Freedom is taken and lived.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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