No. 478 in German
warten
To wait.
In a sentence
Ich warte auf den Bus.
I am waiting for the bus.
Here 'warten' is used to express awaiting something specified by the prepositional phrase 'auf den Bus'.
Der Dienst wartet auf eine Antwort.
The service is waiting for an answer.
Here 'warten' is used in a technical context, indicating a process or service waiting for a response.
Wir warten schon lange auf das Ergebnis.
We have been waiting for the result for a long time.
Here 'warten' is used in the context of anticipating a result over a period, demonstrated by the indication of time 'schon lange'.
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