Warner

See also: warner

English

Etymology

• English, Norman, and German surname, all corresponding to German Werner. Also see Warrener.
• As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Murnáin; see Murnane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Warner (countable and uncountable, plural Warners)

1. (countable) A surname.
   1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" + her, heri "army", modern German Werner.
   2. A surname originating as an occupation, reduced from Warrener.
2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
3. A placename:
   1. The County of Warner No. 5, a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada.
   2. A village in Alberta, within the above county.
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
      2. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.
      3. A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
      4. A town in Brown County, South Dakota.
   4. A suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, named after James Warner (surveyor).

Translations

male given name of Germanic origin

• Catalan: Guarner
• Danish: Verner
• Estonian: Verner
• Finnish: Verneri (fi)
• German: Werner (de)
• Italian: Guarnieri, Guarnierio, Varnerio, Irnerio (it)
• Latvian: Verners m
• Sicilian: Guarneri, Varneri
• Swedish: Verner (sv)

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Warner”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• rewarn, Warren, warren

German

Etymology

From warnen +‎ -er. Cognate with English warner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaʁnɐ/, [ˈvaːnɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

Warner m (strong, genitive Warners, plural Warner, feminine Warnerin)

1. agent noun of warnen: one who warns.

Declension

Declension of Warner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Warner	die	Warner
genitive	eines	des	Warners	der	Warner
dative	einem	dem	Warner	den	Warnern
accusative	einen	den	Warner	die	Warner

Further reading

• “Warner” in Duden online
• “Warner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Warner” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon