warnen

/[ˈvaʁnən]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,129

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

warnen is aGermanverb. It means: jemanden auf eine Gefahr aufmerksam machen Pronounced [ˈvaʁnən]. It ranks #6,129 in German word frequency. Often confused with Warte and warnt.

Key facts for warnen
PropertyValue
Headwordwarnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvaʁnən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,129
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of warnen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for warnen is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvaʁnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,129 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemanden auf eine Gefahr aufmerksam machen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for warnen, with forms such as "awrnen", "wanren", and "warnenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Warte", "warnt", "Wayne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is warnen, spelled W-A-R-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden auf eine Gefahr aufmerksam machen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: awrnen,wanren,warnenn,warnne,warnnen,warrnen,wranen,wwarnen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for warnen

Misspelling Variants of "warnen"

awrnen6wanren6warnenn7warnne6warnnen7warrnen7wranen6wwarnen7
Misspelling Variants of "warnen"

Frequency rank: #6,129 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "warnen"?
"warnen" is spelled W-A-R-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvaʁnən].
What does "warnen" mean?
As a verb, "warnen" means: jemanden auf eine Gefahr aufmerksam machen
What words are commonly confused with "warnen"?
"warnen" is commonly confused with "Warte", "warnt", "Wayne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "warnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "warnen" is [ˈvaʁnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "warnen" come from?
"warnen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.