vaken

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See also: våken

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vakinn.

Adjective

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vaken (neuter singular vakent, definite singular and plural vakne)

  1. alternative form of våken

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vakinn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²vaːçən/, [²ʋɐ̞ːçən], [²ʋɐ̞ːc͡çən]
  • (newer or regional) IPA(key): /²vaːkən/, [²ʋɐ̞ːkən]
  • Rhymes: -çən
  • Hyphenation: va‧ken

Adjective

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vaken (neuter vake or vakent, definite singular and plural vakne, comparative vaknare, indefinite superlative vaknast, definite superlative vaknaste)

  1. awake, alert, wide-awake
  2. bright (person)
  3. keen
    eit vake / vakent blikk - a keen eye

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vakinn, from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *wakaną (to wake, be awake, arise), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vaken (not comparable)

  1. awake
Declension
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Inflection of vaken
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vaken
Neuter singular vaket
Plural vakna
Masculine plural3 vakne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vakne
All vakna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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vaken

  1. definite singular of vak

Etymology 3

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Verb

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vaken

  1. (obsolete) second-person plural present indicative of vaka
    • Vaken fördenskull; ty I veten icke dagen, ej heller stunden
      Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
      (Matthew 25:13)

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Anagrams

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Volapük

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Noun

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vaken (nominative plural vakens)

  1. vacation, holiday

Declension

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