Warten

In La Soufrière, a film whose German title Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe translates as "waiting for an inevitable catastrophe", he climbs a volcano as it is about to erupt.

Werner Herzog, the adventurous spirit 2011

"Warten auf ein augenblick," he said, summoning up all the German he knew.

...And Nail 2010

Then they set to work: Treze filled the little glasses; Barbara hung the water over the fire; and Warten, in his shirt-sleeves, stropped his razor to shave Zeen's beard.

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

She wished she had sent Warten away and gone herself to lie in the goat-house; here, beside that corpse ... but, after all, it was

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

Warten and Barbara took Zeen out of the bed and put him on a chair, washed him all over with luke-warm water, put a clean shirt on him and his Sunday clothes over him; then they laid him on the bed again.

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

Warten stood with his elbows leaning on the rail of the bed, at Zeen's head.

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

"Fine weather to-morrow," said Warten; and he trudged off to his goat-house.

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

Warten came down from the loft with half a pailful of bran.

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

Yes, yes, Warten, do you get into the goat-house and help me a bit to-morrow.

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

Warten would go to the priest early in the morning and to the carpenter: the priest ought to have been here, 'twas a comfort after all; but Zeen had always been good and ... now to go dying all at once like this, without the sacraments ....

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920