warnen
German, verb
warnen is spelled W-A-R-N-E-N (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Warnen is a German verb meaning “to warn, to caution, to admonish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Warnen is a different word: “gerund of warnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden auf eine Gefahr aufmerksam machen”.
What does warnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to warn, to caution, to admonish
Kritiker warnen vor unabsehbaren Folgen für Gesundheit und Umwelt.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of warnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden auf eine Gefahr aufmerksam machen
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 warnen
- warnt present singular third-person
- warnte past
- gewarnt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- warnend participle present
- warne first-person indicative present
- warnst indicative present second-person
- warnest second-person singular subjunctive
- warnet plural second-person subjunctive
- warnten first-person indicative plural
- warntest indicative preterite second-person
- warntet indicative plural preterite
- warn imperative second-person singular
- habe gewarnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gewarnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- warne! imperative singular
- warnt! imperative plural
- gewarnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to warnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is warnen in German?
warnen appears 12 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).