vakt

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

  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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): [ˈʋɑɡ̊d̥]

Verb[edit]

vakt

  1. past participle of vække

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, plural vaktir)

  1. guard
  2. watch

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, nominative plural vaktir)

  1. shift, watch
  2. guard

Declension[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

Noun[edit]

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
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

vakt

  1. past participle of vekke

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a guard (person)
  2. a watch (period of duty; time period)
Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

vakt

  1. imperative of vakta

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

vakt

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

Participle[edit]

vakt (definite singular and plural vakte)

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

Adjective[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of vakt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vakt vakten vakter vakterna
Genitive vakts vaktens vakters vakternas

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