gewähren
German (Berlin)
/ɡəˈvɛːʁən/, /-ˈveː-/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to grant, to allow
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German (ge)wern, gewern inherited from Old High German (gi)werēn, giweren inherited from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (defend, ward off, protect, thwart, guard, defend against).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*warjaną
Gloss
defend, ward off, protect, thwart, guard, defend against
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- guarantee English
- guaranteeable English
- guaranteer English
- guaranty English
- varjella Finnish
- Garantie German
- Gewährung German
- cogarante Italian
- cogaranzia Italian
- garante Italian
- garantie Dutch, Flemish
- garantie French
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *warjaną Proto-Germanic
- *warjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *warōną Proto-Germanic
- ギャランティ Japanese
- varask Old Norse
- verja Old Norse
- garant Old French
- guarantie Old French
- guarir Old French
- garancija Serbo-Croatian
- garantia Catalan, Valencian
- (gi)werēn, giweren Old High German
- garanti Turkish
- feraid Old Irish
- fofera Old Irish
- (ge)wern, gewern Middle High German
- garantie Middle French
- 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *warjan gmw-pro
- *werien Old Dutch
- guarir Old Portuguese
- weren Middle Low German
- *warand Frankish
- *warjan Frankish
- ferthain Middle Irish