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What is the difference between wahren and bewahren ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between wahren and bewahren ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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ein Geheimnis WAHREN – to keep a secret
den Frieden WAHREN – to keep the peace
etwas/jemanden VOR etwas/jemandem BEWAHREN
= to safeguard; keep someone/something safe from someone/something,
die Tradition / das Erbe BEWAHREN
=to conserve a tradition (from extinction)
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etwas AUFBEWAHREN
= to retain/store something of worth / of purpose
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ein Geheimnis WAHREN – to keep a secret
den Frieden WAHREN – to keep the peace
etwas/jemanden VOR etwas/jemandem BEWAHREN
= to safeguard; keep someone/something safe from someone/something,
die Tradition / das Erbe BEWAHREN
=to conserve a tradition (from extinction)
Also important:
etwas AUFBEWAHREN
= to retain/store something of worth / of purpose
You can look up words and their meanings/usages at http://dwds.de
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Wahren you say rather in context with immaterial things like den Ruf wahren=to keep the image. Aufbewahren you connect in sentences with material things like Ich bewahre meinen Pass im Schrank auf= I keep my passport in the cupboard. Aufbewahren you of can say in the end of the sentence... Ich werde den Pass im Schrank aufbewahren= I will keep the Passport on the cupboard ... if you say it in the mittle you have to split the word bewahre im... auf you do that if you want to add where you keep it go e.g. Sounds more elegant
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