waken

English

Etymology

Old English wæcnan.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈweɪkən/
• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Verb

waken (third-person singular simple present wakens, present participle wakening, simple past and past participle wakened)

1. (transitive) To awake or rouse from sleep; to stir.
2. (intransitive) To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
   • Dryden

     Early, Turnus wakening with the light.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wakon, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną (“to be awake”).

Akin to Old English wacian, Old High German wahhen (German wachen), Old Norse vaka (Swedish vaka).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːkən

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Verb

waken

1. to watch, stay awake

Conjugation

Conjugation of waken (weak)

infinitive	waken
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	waak	waakte
2nd person singular	waakt	waakte
3rd person singular	waakt	waakte
plural	waken	waakten
subjunctive sing.1	wake	waakte
subjunctive plur.1	waken	waakten
imperative sing.	waak
imperative plur.1	waakt
participles	wakend	(hebben) gewaakt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• bewaken
• ontwaken

Related terms

• wake
• wakker
• wekken

Noun

waken

1. plural form of wake

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wacan.

Verb

waken (past wook, past participle waken)

1. to wake, cease from sleep, to be awake
2. to remain awake on watch especially over a corpse

Related terms

• wake (“a watch, vigil”)
• wakien (“to watch, awake”)
• waknen (“to waken, to be aroused from sleep”)

Descendants

• English: wake, watch (from the form wacchen)