Erwarte

Erwarte is a German verb, the present tense form used with ich as the subject of the verb erwarten, meaning to expect or to await. The verb denotes looking forward to a result or outcome, or waiting for something to happen. It can express both neutral anticipation and a more concrete expectation of an event, person, or information.

Etymology and meaning

The verb er-warten combines the prefix er- with warten (to wait). The prefix er- often gives a sense of completion or realization in German verbs, so erwarten conveys that something is anticipated or anticipated to occur.

Conjugation and usage

Präsens: ich erwarte, du erwartest, er/sie/es erwartet, wir erwarten, ihr erwartet, sie/Sie erwarten.

Präteritum: ich erwartete, du erwartetest, er/sie/es erwartete, wir erwarteten, ihr erwartetet, sie/Sie erwarteten.

Perfekt: ich habe erwartet, du hast erwartet, er hat erwartet, wir haben erwartet, ihr habt erwartet, sie/Sie haben erwartet.

The participle used with auxiliary haben is erwartet. The verb is transitive and commonly takes a direct object, a subordinate clause, or both, as in the following examples:

- Ich erwarte eine Antwort. (I expect an answer.)

- Wir erwarten, dass er kommt. (We expect that he will come.)

- Sie erwartet gutes Wetter. (She expects good weather.)

Related forms and nouns

The related noun is die Erwartung (expectation). Other forms follow the standard German verb conjugation patterns for regular weak verbs with the stem erwarte- in the present tense.

See also

Erwarten and its close synonym warten, as well as the noun Erwartung, which shares the same semantic field of anticipation and waiting.