vakt

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وقت (vakt), from Arabic وَقْت (waqt).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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  1. (obsolete, dialect) time, period, moment, era; age (when associated with a person and stage of life)
    Synonyms: kohë, moshë, periudhë, nge; vitet, vërsë
    S'kam vakt për...
    I have no time for...
    Vakti për...
    The time to... ~ The age for...
  2. leisure(time), pause, resting, break (bedtime, sleeptime)
  3. meal(time), repast (time when eating; breakfast, mealtime, lunch, dinner, supper)
    Synonyms: haje, drekë, darkë, mëngjes, ushqim
  4. good condition, lucky position/situation; (afford)ability; fortune, fate
    Synonyms: gjendje; përballueshmërinë, aftësi; fat

Declension

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Further reading

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  • [1] noun vakt (def./sg. vakti; indef./pl. vakte; def./pl. vaktet) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References

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  1. ^ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 601 (vakt)
  2. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 168, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  3. ^ Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 616, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN

Danish

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈʋɑɡ̊d̥]

Verb

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vakt

  1. past participle of vække

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, plural vaktir)

  1. guard
  2. watch

Declension

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Declension of vakt
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vakt vaktin vaktir vaktirnar
accusative vakt vaktina vaktir vaktirnar
dative vakt vaktini vaktum vaktunum
genitive vaktar vaktarinnar vakta vaktanna

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, nominative plural vaktir)

  1. shift, watch
  2. guard

Declension

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    Declension of vakt
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vakt vaktin vaktir vaktirnar
accusative vakt vaktina vaktir vaktirnar
dative vakt vaktinni vöktum vöktunum
genitive vaktar vaktarinnar vakta vaktanna

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

Noun

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vakt f or m (definite singular vakta or vakten, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)

  1. a guard (person)
    stå vakt - stand guard
  2. a watch (period of duty; time period)
    holde vakt - keep watch
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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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vakt

  1. past participle of vekke

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vakt f (definite singular vakta, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)

  1. a guard (person)
  2. a watch (period of duty; time period)
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Verb

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vakt

  1. imperative of vakta

Etymology 2

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Verb

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vakt

  1. (non-standard since 1938) supine of vekkja

Participle

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vakt (definite singular and plural vakte)

  1. (non-standard since 1938) past participle of vekkja

Adjective

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vakt (indefinite singular vakt, definite singular and plural vakte)

  1. (Religion) having spiritually awakened, e.g. born-again (in certain Christian denominations)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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vakt c

  1. a guard
    Nisse är en vakt
    Nisse is a guard
  2. watch, guard (keeping guard/watch)
    Stig håller vakt medan vi rånar juvelerarbutiken
    Stig keeps watch while we rob the jewelry store

Usage notes

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You hold (håller) rather than keep watch in Swedish.

Declension

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