wahren
German, verb
wahren is spelled W-A-H-R-E-N (6 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written German, the 3,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wahren is a German verb meaning “to protect, to safeguard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of wahr. With an umlaut, währen is a different word: “to last, persist”. On this page, Währen is a different word: “gerund of währen”. With a capital, Wahren is a different word: “gerund of wahren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas aufrechterhalten, beibehalten, nicht ändern”.
What does wahren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to protect, to safeguard
- 2
to maintain, to preserve
das Gesicht wahren
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
verb
- 1
to last, persist
noun
- 1
neutergerund of währen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wahren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich über eine Zeitspanne erstrecken
verb: 1. etwas aufrechterhalten, beibehalten, nicht ändern
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 wahren
- wahrt present singular third-person
- wahrte past
- gewahrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wahrend participle present
- wahre first-person indicative present
- wahrst indicative present second-person
- wahrest second-person singular subjunctive
- wahret plural second-person subjunctive
- wahrten first-person indicative plural
- wahrtest indicative preterite second-person
- wahrtet indicative plural preterite
- wahr imperative second-person singular
- habe gewahrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gewahrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- währe present
- währst present
- währt present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wahren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wahren in German?
wahren appears 27 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).