warten

To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness

• Please tell her to wait.

  Sag ihr bitte, dass sie warten soll!

  Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR

• We didn't wait for you.

  Wir haben nicht auf dich gewartet.

  Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR

warten

To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment

warten

To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await — Now generally superseded by “wait for”.selten

warten

To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respectselten

warten

To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompanyselten

warten

To defer or postpone (especially a meal)selten

warten

To watch with malicious intent; to lie in waitselten

warten

To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absenceselten

A delay

• After a long wait for a response, all the changes were introduced.

  Nach langem Warten auf eine Reaktion sind alle Änderungen ausgeführt worden.

  Tatoeba · al_ex_an_der · CC BY 2.0 FR

• How long is the wait?

  Wie lange muss man warten?

  Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR

An ambush

One who watches; a watchman

Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians

Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen