abwarten
German, verb
abwarten is spelled A-B-W-A-R-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwarten is a German verb meaning “to await; to wait for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwarten is a different word: “gerund of abwarten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Eintritt oder das Ende eines Ereignisses aufmerksam verfolgen”.
What does abwarten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to await; to wait for
Unser Zug muss noch die Ankunft eines anderen Zuges abwarten.
- 2
to wait and see (await the course of events before taking action)
- 3
to wait through (until the end)
- 4
to wait around, to be patient
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abwarten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Eintritt oder das Ende eines Ereignisses aufmerksam verfolgen 2. passiv sein und allgemein beobachten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abwarten
- wartet ab present singular third-person
- wartete ab past
- abgewartet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abwartend participle present
- abzuwarten infinitive infinitive-zu
- warte ab first-person indicative present
- warten ab first-person indicative plural
- wartest ab indicative present second-person
- warteten ab first-person indicative plural
- wartetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- wartetet ab indicative plural preterite
- wart ab! imperative singular
- warte ab! imperative singular
- wartet ab! imperative plural
- abgewartet haben active infinitive perfect
- abgewartet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- abgewartet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abwarten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwarten in German?
abwarten appears 14 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).