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From Middle High German wart, warte, from Old High German wart, warto, from Proto-West Germanic *ward, *wardō, from Proto-Germanic *wardaz, *warduz, *wardô. Related with warten and wahren. Cognate with English ward.

• IPA^(key): /vart/, [vaʁt], [vaɐ̯t], [vaːt], [ʋ-]

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• Hyphenation: Wart
• Rhymes: -aʁt
• Homophones: ward (general), wahrt, wart (some speakers)

Wart m (strong, genitive Wartes or Warts, plural Warte, feminine Wartin or Wärtin)

1. (archaic outside compounds) keeper, guard, one responsible for the upkeep and/or protection of something

   Synonyms: Aufseher, Beauftragter, Zuständiger, Wärter, Wächter

• In compounds an alternative plural -wärte is often heard and also readily attested in written sources, though it may as yet be considered substandard.

• warten, Warte, Wärter
• wahren

• “Wart” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wart” in Duden online