wait
dieNounwarten
Word details
- German meaning
- Eine Spinnenart, die eine Falltür zu ihrer unterirdischen Behausung baut, um Beute zu fangen.
- English meaning
- Trapdoor spider
- German example
- Die Falltürspinne lauert in ihrem Bau und wartet auf Beute.
- English example
- The trapdoor spider lurks in its burrow, waiting for prey.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Falltürspinne
- Plural Form
- die Falltürspinnen
Related words
- waiten
wait
- warten
wait
- Kellnerin
waitress
- Wartezimmer
waiting room
- warten
waiting
- Vorraum
waiting room
- Diener
waiter
- Ober
waiter
- Warteschleife
waiting loop
- Vorzimmer
waiting room
- Brüßlerin
waitress
- wartend
waiting
- warte
await
- kuwaitisch
Kuwaiti
- aufwarten
to wait on
- Kammerjungfer
lady-in-waiting
- warten
to wait
- erwarten
await
- lang ersehnt
eagerly awaited
- Tapezierspinne
Purse-web spider
- Trichterspinne
funnel-web spider
- Krabbenspinne
Crab spider
- Reiher
heron
- Trinkgeld
Tip
- Tablett
tray
- Obers
Obers is an outdated term for a waiter, especially in Austria.
- Tramper
Hitchhiker
- Anhalter
A hitchhiker is a person who tries to get a free ride in a vehicle by standing at the side of a road and signaling.
- Hochsitz
hunting blind, deer stand
- Graureiher
Grey heron
- Gedeck
Place setting; the arrangement of cutlery, dishes, and glasses for one person at a meal.
- Bedienung
service, waiter/waitress
- Tip
Tip
- Silberplatte
Silver platter
- abwarten
to wait and see
- Rangierbahnhof
Marshalling yard
- Abwart
A wait-and-see person is someone who waits for a situation to develop before acting.
- Viertelstunde
quarter of an hour
- Unrast
Restlessness, unease
- Straßenseite
side of the street
- Kassenpatient
Publicly insured patient
- Carte
"Carte" is an outdated word for a menu or a list of food and drinks in a restaurant.
- Ameisenjungfer
An insect whose larva builds cone-shaped traps in the sand to catch ants.
- Ameisenlöwe
The larva of an insect from the antlion family, which builds funnel-shaped traps in the sand for ants.
- Vorraum
Vestibule
- Schwingtür
Swing door
- Belagerer
besieger
- Servicewüste
service desert
- Warteschleife
Hold, waiting line
Example sentences with “wait”
Can you wait for me? (Kannst du auf mich warten?)
Frequently asked questions
What preposition is used with 'warten'?
Use 'auf' + accusative: 'warten auf'.