wartet

Wartet is a German verb form. It is the third-person singular present tense of warten, meaning "he waits" or "she waits" or "it waits." The same spelling also serves as the imperative plural form, used to tell several people to wait, as in Wartet hier, bitte. The verb is commonly used with the preposition auf to indicate waiting for something, for example Ich warte auf den Bus.

Conjugation and forms: The present tense forms are ich warte, du wartest, er/sie/es wartet, wir warten, ihr wartet, sie warten. In addition, the imperative forms are warte (informal singular), wartet (informal plural), and Warten Sie (formal). When used with auf, würdet die construction take the accusative for the thing being awaited, as in Ich warte auf dich or Wir warten auf den Arzt.

Etymology and usage: The verb traces back to Old High German wartan and Proto-Germanic roots related to watching or guarding, evolving in modern German to mean waiting or expecting. In everyday speech, warten can describe a simple delay as well as genuine anticipation, and it is common in both concrete situations (waiting for a train) and abstract contexts (waiting for an opportunity). The noun das Warten, capitalized, refers to the act or period of waiting.

Notes: Warten and wartet are distinct in capitalization rules in German: wartet is a verb form and written lowercase unless it begins a sentence, while das Warten as a noun is capitalized. The construction warten auf is a key pattern for expressing what is being awaited.