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See also: våken
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vaken (neuter singular vakent, definite singular and plural vakne)
- alternative form of våken
References[edit]
- “vaken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /²vaːçən/, [²ʋɐ̞ːçən], [²ʋɐ̞ːc͡çən]
- (newer or regional) IPA(key): /²vaːkən/, [²ʋɐ̞ːkən]
- Rhymes: -çən
- Hyphenation: va‧ken
Adjective[edit]
vaken (neuter vake or vakent, definite singular and plural vakne, comparative vaknare, indefinite superlative vaknast, definite superlative vaknaste)
- awake, alert, wide-awake
- bright (person)
- keen
- eit vake / vakent blikk - a keen eye
References[edit]
- “vaken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse vakinn, from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *wakaną (“to wake, be awake, arise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
vaken (not comparable)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
vaken
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
vaken
- (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)
Further reading[edit]
- vaken in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams[edit]
Volapük[edit]
Noun[edit]
vaken (nominative plural vakens)
Declension[edit]
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵ-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/çən
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/çən/2 syllables
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵ-
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms with audio links
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- Swedish non-lemma forms
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