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wehren

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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