This is the 276th most frequent German word.
erwarten
"Erwarten" means "to expect" in English.
Here, 'erwarten' is used to express expecting someone's arrival at a specific location.
Ich erwarte dich um 5 Uhr vor dem Kino.
I expect you at 5 o'clock in front of the cinema.
In this context, 'erwarten' conveys an expectation for a future event.
Wir erwarten, dass das Wetter morgen besser wird.
We expect the weather to improve tomorrow.
Here, 'erwarten' means having a certain standard or behavior from others in a relational sense.