wabern
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle High German waberen, cognate to English waver and wave.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]wabern (weak, third-person singular present wabert, past tense waberte, past participle gewabert, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to waft, undulate
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wabern | ||||
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present participle | wabernd | ||||
past participle | gewabert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wabre ich wabere ich waber |
wir wabern | i | ich wabere ich wabre |
wir wabern |
du waberst | ihr wabert | du waberest du wabrest |
ihr waberet ihr wabret | ||
er wabert | sie wabern | er wabere er wabre |
sie wabern | ||
preterite | ich waberte | wir waberten | ii | ich waberte1 | wir waberten1 |
du wabertest | ihr wabertet | du wabertest1 | ihr wabertet1 | ||
er waberte | sie waberten | er waberte1 | sie waberten1 | ||
imperative | wabre (du) waber (du) wabere (du) |
wabert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “wabern” in Duden online
- “wabern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “wabern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.