Sentences with German verb warten

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Present

  • Ich warte vorne. 
    English I'm waiting out front.
  • Mike wartet unten. 
    English Mike is waiting downstairs.
  • Tom wartet seit langem. 
    English Tom has been waiting a long time.
  • Tom wartet auf dem Flur. 
    English Tom is waiting in the hallway.
  • Bitte wartet am Bahnhof auf mich. 
    English Please wait for me at the station.
  • Ich warte schon seit zwei Uhr auf Sie. 
    English I've been waiting for you since two o'clock.
  • Ein Taxi wartet . 
    English A cab is waiting.
  • Wartest du kurz? 
    English Will you wait a second?
  • Tom wartet nicht länger. 
    English Tom isn't waiting anymore.
  • Tom wartet vor der Haustür. 
    English Tom is waiting at the front door.

Imperfect

  • Tom wartete ungeduldig. 
    English Tom waited impatiently.
  • Wir warteten stundenlang. 
    English We waited for hours and hours.
  • Er wartete lange. 
    English He waited a long time.
  • Ängstlich wartete er auf seinen Sohn. 
    English He waited for his son with anxiety.
  • Die Kritiker warteten vergeblich auf Schwarze Löcher. 
    English The critics waited in vain for black holes.
  • Ich stand da und wartete auf einen Bus. 
    English I stood waiting for a bus.
  • Tom wartete bang. 
    English Tom waited anxiously.
  • Ich wartete den ganzen Nachmittag vergebens. 
    English I waited all afternoon in vain.
  • Gespannt wartete sie auf die Resultate der Aufnahmeprüfung. 
    English She was anxious to know the entrance exam results.
  • Der große Krake wartete unten auf Fraß. 
    English The big octopus was waiting below for prey.

Present Subj.

  • Bitte warte ein paar Minuten. 
    English Please wait a few minutes.

Imperf. Subj.

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Imperative

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Infinitive

  • Wir könnten genauso gut warten . 
    English We may as well wait.
  • Du musst nicht bis zum Schluss warten . 
    English You don't have to wait until the end.
  • Ich sah ihn in der Lobby warten . 
    English I saw him waiting in the lobby.
  • Der Anschlusszug kann leider nicht warten . 
    English The connecting train unfortunately cannot wait.

Participle

  • Ich habe gewartet . 
    English I waited.
  • Ich habe zehn Minuten lang gewartet . 
    English I waited for ten minutes.
  • Ich habe anderthalb Stunden gewartet . 
    English I waited an hour and a half.
  • Ich habe eineinhalb Stunden gewartet . 
    English I waited for one and a half hours.
  • Viele Katholiken haben gespannt auf das Buch gewartet . 
    English Many Catholics have eagerly awaited the book.

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Indicative

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  • Ich warte vorne. 
    English I'm waiting out front.
  • Mike wartet unten. 
    English Mike is waiting downstairs.
  • Tom wartet seit langem. 
    English Tom has been waiting a long time.
  • Tom wartet auf dem Flur. 
    English Tom is waiting in the hallway.
  • Bitte wartet am Bahnhof auf mich. 
    English Please wait for me at the station.
  • Ich warte schon seit zwei Uhr auf Sie. 
    English I've been waiting for you since two o'clock.
  • Ein Taxi wartet . 
    English A cab is waiting.
  • Wartest du kurz? 
    English Will you wait a second?
  • Tom wartet nicht länger. 
    English Tom isn't waiting anymore.
  • Tom wartet vor der Haustür. 
    English Tom is waiting at the front door.
  • Am Ende der Geduld wartet der Segen. 
    English At the end of patience waits the blessing.
  • Am Wochenende wartet auf mich noch ein Berg Arbeit. 
    English On the weekend, a mountain of work still awaits me.
  • Tom wartete ungeduldig. 
    English Tom waited impatiently.
  • Wir warteten stundenlang. 
    English We waited for hours and hours.
  • Er wartete lange. 
    English He waited a long time.

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Subjunctive

Usage for conjunctive mood Active for warten


  • Bitte warte ein paar Minuten. 
    English Please wait a few minutes.

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Translations

Translation of German warten


German warten
English wait, maintain, attend, await, hang about, hang on, hold, hold off (on) doing
Russian ждать, ожидать, дождаться, дожидаться, обслуживать
Spanish esperar, mantener, aguardar, revisar
French attendre, entretenir, attendre de à, remettre, réviser, réparer
Turkish beklemek
Portuguese aguardar, esperar, esperar por, estar à espera, cuidar, manter, reparar
Italian aspettare, attendere, aver cura di, avere cura di, eseguire la manutenzione, fare la manutenzione, mantenere, revisionare
Romanian astepta, aștepta, intretine, reparație, întreținere
Hungarian gondoz, vár, várakozik, ápol, javítás, karbantartás
Polish czekać, poczekać, czekać na, naprawiać, serwisować
Greek περιμένω, συντηρώ, επισκευή
Dutch onderhouden, passen op, verzorgen, wachten, repareren
Czech opatrovat, počkat, udržovat, čekat, oprava, údržba
Swedish underhålla, serva, utföra service på, vänta, reparera
Danish pleje, vente, passe, reparere, vedligeholde
Japanese 待つ, 待ち合わせる, 手入れする, 保守する, 修理する
Catalan mantenir, esperar, mantindre, reparar
Finnish huoltaa, odottaa, korjata
Norwegian stelle, reparere, vedlikeholde
Basque konponketa, mantentzea
Serbian održavati
Macedonian одржување, ремонтирање
Slovenian popraviti, vzdrževati
Slowakisch čakať, oprava, údržba
Bosnian održavati
Croatian održavati, popraviti
Ukrainian очікувати, чекати
Bulgarian поддържам, ремонтирам
Belorussian чакаць, абслугоўваць, рамантаваць
Hebrewלתחזק، לתקן
Arabicانتظر، تريَّثَ، انتظار، صانَ، نطر
Persianدرانتظاربودن، منتظر ماندن، منتظربودن، تعمیر، سرپرستی کردن، نگهداری، نگهداری کردن
Urduدیکھ بھال کرنا، مرمت کرنا

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* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 7441715, 912891, 3278712, 4134744, 863728, 641187, 2323662, 8862696, 6486169, 9888946, 2239096, 818870, 746392, 1766411, 9265563, 2239139, 2299015, 1714560, 10949802, 1870335, 792207, 10345707, 1873245, 2139192, 357798, 10812674, 849549, 5366572

* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 75471, 75471

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