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warten

wait

verb VAHR-ten Less Common
Body & Health Movement

Also means

service

Usage Note

warten takes auf plus the accusative for what you wait for: auf den Bus warten ('to wait for the bus'). A second, technical sense means to service or maintain a machine, giving the noun Wartung ('maintenance'); don't confuse it with the false friend 'to warn' (warnen).

Examples

"Ich warte auf den Zug."

Natural Translation

I am waiting for the train.

Literal Translation

I wait on the train.

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