varn

See also: Varn

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvarn/, /ˈfarn/

Verb

varn (class 6 strong, third-person singular present vert, past tense vuor, past participle gevarn, past subjunctive vüere, auxiliary sīn)

  1. to fare, to go

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: faare, fare
  • Bavarian: foarn
  • Central Franconian: fahre, foahre
  • German: fahren
  • Yiddish: פֿאָרן (forn)

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “varn”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
  • "varn" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)