wehren

See also: Wehren

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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