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What is the difference between warten and aufwarten ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between warten and aufwarten ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Also, is the verb in the phrase "Ich warte darauf" warten or aufwarten?
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You will most likely almost never encounter "aufwarten" in my opinion. It is only used in very forma situations by very educated people. In written German you might see it once or twice.
aufwarten: to offer (food/drink/etc. to guests), to attend (a sick person/loved one/....)
warten: to wait
since warten is often used with "auf", there is indeed some ambiguity. In your sentence though, since "auf" is linked to a demonstrative expression ("da"), it is most likely a preposition and thus it is "warten auf", not "aufwarten"
Er wartet auf.
Er wartet auf .....
Even in this case you would understand that the first is "aufwarten", while the second sentence (or rather the part indicated with ....) would clarify "warten auf"
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You will most likely almost never encounter "aufwarten" in my opinion. It is only used in very forma situations by very educated people. In written German you might see it once or twice.
aufwarten: to offer (food/drink/etc. to guests), to attend (a sick person/loved one/....)
warten: to wait
since warten is often used with "auf", there is indeed some ambiguity. In your sentence though, since "auf" is linked to a demonstrative expression ("da"), it is most likely a preposition and thus it is "warten auf", not "aufwarten"
Er wartet auf.
Er wartet auf .....
Even in this case you would understand that the first is "aufwarten", while the second sentence (or rather the part indicated with ....) would clarify "warten auf"
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