gewahrt

Gewahrt is the past participle of the German verb wahren, meaning to preserve, guard, protect, or uphold. In contemporary usage it appears mainly in formal or technical contexts, such as law, administration, journalism, and policy discourse. As a participle, gewahrt is used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses or in passive constructions: Die Privatsphäre ist gewahrt. Die Rechte der Beteiligten wurden gewahrt. The expression implies that a claim, right, or standard has been safeguarded and remains intact.

The verb wahren encompasses several nuances, including protection from harm, maintenance of a standard (such as neutrality or legality), and the endurance of rights or interests. Gewahrt can accompany adjectives like unparteiisch, neutral, or rechtmäßig to indicate an intact status: Die Unparteilichkeit bleibt gewahrt; Die Rechtslage bleibt gewahrt.

Etymology: gewahrt is formed with the prefix ge- and the verb wahren, rooted in older Germanic sources tied to guarding or preserving. In everyday language, gewahrt is less common than synonyms such as geschützt or gesichert, but it remains preferred in precise, formal statements.

Common pitfalls: gewahrt is easy to confuse with gewährt (from gewähren, meaning “to grant”) or with Gewähr and Gewährleistung (both related to guarantees but distinct in meaning).

See also: wahren, Wahrung, Gewähr, Gewährleistung, Privatsphäre, Rechtsstaatlichkeit.