English
Etymology
wake + up
Pronunciation
Verb
wake up (third-person singular simple present wakes up , present participle waking up , simple past woke up or waked up , past participle woken up or waked up )
( intransitive ) To awake .
1913 , Joseph C. Lincoln , chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients :I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up , and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
1967 , John Lennon /Paul McCartney , "A Day in the Life ":
"Woke up , fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head"
( transitive ) To awaken somebody.
Wake your brother up ; it's time for school.
1935 , George Goodchild , chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court :It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. [ …] You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”
( intransitive ) To become more aware of a real-life situation ; to concentrate on the matter in hand.
Some businesses were slow to wake up to the importance of the Internet.
That's the third time you've made the same mistake. Wake up!
Derived terms
Translations
to (become) awake
Albanian: zgjoj (sq)
Arabic: صَحَا ( ṣaḥā ) , اِسْتَيْقَظَ (ar) ( istayqaẓa ) , نَهَضَ مِنَ النَّوْمِ ( nahaḍa mina n-nawmi ) ( from sleep ) , ان شاء الله
Armenian: զարթնել (hy) ( zartʻnel ) , արթնանալ (hy) ( artʻnanal )
Azerbaijani: oyanmaq (az)
Bashkir: уяныу ( uyanıw )
Basque: esnatu (eu) , iratzarri
Belarusian: абуджа́цца impf ( abudžácca ) , абудзі́цца pf ( abudzícca ) , прачына́цца impf ( pračynácca ) , прачну́цца pf ( pračnúcca )
Bengali: জাগা ( jaga )
Bulgarian: събуждам се ( sǎbuždam se )
Burmese: နိုး (my) ( nui: )
Catalan: despertar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 醒 (zh) ( xǐng ) , 醒來 / 醒来 (zh) ( xǐnglái ) , 醒来 (zh) ( xǐnglái )
Czech: probudit se , vzbudit se
Dalmatian: desmissur
Danish: vågn op , vågne (da)
Dutch: wakker worden (nl) , ontwaken (nl)
Esperanto: vekiĝi
Estonian: ärkama
Faroese: vakna
Finnish: herätä (fi)
French: se réveiller (fr)
Galician: espertar
Georgian: გაღვიძება ( gaɣviʒeba )
German: aufwachen (de) , erwachen (de) , wach werden
Greek: ξυπνάω (el) ( xypnáo )
Hebrew: התעורר (he) ( hit'orér )
Hindi: जागना (hi) ( jāgnā )
Hungarian: felébred (hu)
Icelandic: vakna (is)
Indonesian: bangun (id) , membangunkan (id)
Interlingua: eveliar se
Irish: dúisigh , múscail
Italian: svegliarsi (it)
Japanese: 目覚める ( めざめる, mezameru ) , 目を覚ます ( めをさます, me o samasu ) , 覚める (ja) ( さめる, sameru ) , 起きる (ja) ( おきる, okiru )
Kazakh: ояну (kk) ( oänu )
Khmer: តើន (km) ( taən ) , ភ្ញាក់ (km) ( pɲeak )
Korean: 눈뜨다 (ko) ( nuntteuda ) , 일어나다 (ko) ( ireonada )
Kumyk: уянмакъ ( uyanmaq )
Kurdish:
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Kyrgyz: ойгонуу (ky) ( oygonuu )
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Lao: ຊວດ ( sūat ) , ຊວາດ ( suāt ) , ຕື່ນ ( tư̄n )
Latin: expergiscor , evigilo
Latvian: pamosties , atmosties
Lingala: kolamuka
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Low German:
German Low German: opwaken , waak warrn
Luxembourgish: erwächen , waakreg ginn
Macedonian: се буди impf ( se budi )
Malay: bangun
Mongolian: сэрэх (mn) ( serex )
Navajo: chʼínádzííd
Neapolitan: se scetà
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: våkne (no)
Norwegian Bokmål: stå opp (no)
Nynorsk: vakna
Old English: āwacan
Persian: بیدار شدن (fa) ( bidâr šodan )
Polish: obudzić się (pl)
Portuguese: acordar (pt) , despertar (pt)
Punjabi: ਜਾਗਣਾ ( jāgṇā )
Romanian: se trezi (ro) , se scula (ro) , se deștepta (ro)
Russian: просыпа́ться (ru) impf ( prosypátʹsja ) , просну́ться (ru) pf ( prosnútʹsja ) , пробужда́ться (ru) impf ( probuždátʹsja ) , пробуди́ться (ru) pf ( probudítʹsja )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пробудити се pf
Roman: probuditi se (sh) pf
Slovak: budiť sa impf , vzbudiť sa pf , prebudiť sa pf
Slovene: zbujati se impf , zbuditi se (sl) pf
Spanish: despertarse (es) , recordar (es)
Swedish: vakna (sv)
Tagalog: gising (tl)
Tajik: бедор шудан ( bedor šudan )
Tamil: விழி (ta) ( viḻi )
Telugu: విదితమగు ( viditamagu ) , wake up (te)
Thai: ตื่น (th) ( dtʉ̀ʉn ) , ตื่นนอน ( dtʉ̀ʉn-nɔɔn )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: uyanmak (tr)
Turkmen: oýanmak
Ukrainian: просипа́тися impf ( prosypátysja )
Urdu: جاگنا ( jāgnā )
Uzbek: uygʻotmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: thức dậy (vi) , dậy lên , dậy (vi) , thức (vi)
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: dauqndiu , ndiu , singj
to awaken (someone else)
Arabic: أَيْقَظَ ( ʔayqaẓa )
Hijazi Arabic: صَحّى ( ṣaḥḥā ) , قَوّم ( gawwam )
Armenian: զարթնեցնել (hy) ( zartʻnecʻnel ) , արթնացնել ( artʻnacʻnel )
Aromanian: dishteptu
Bashkir: уятыу ( uyatıw )
Basque: esnatu (eu)
Bengali: জাগানো ( jaganō )
Catalan: despertar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喚醒 / 唤醒 (zh) ( huànxǐng ) , 唤醒 (zh) ( huànxǐng ) , 叫醒 (zh) ( jiàoxǐng )
Dutch: wakker maken , wekken (nl)
Faroese: vakja
Finnish: herättää (fi)
French: réveiller (fr)
Galician: espertar
Georgian: გააღვიძებს ( gaaɣviʒebs )
German: aufwecken (de) , wecken (de) , wach machen
Hebrew: העיר (he) ( he'ír )
Hindi: जगाना (hi) ( jagānā )
Hungarian: felébreszt (hu) , felkelt (hu)
Icelandic: vekja (is)
Indonesian: bangunkan (id)
Interlingua: eveliar
Irish: dúisigh
Japanese: 目覚めさせる ( めざめさせる, mezamesaseru ) , 起こす (ja) ( おこす, okosu )
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Khmer: ដាស់ (km) ( dah )
Korean: 깨우다 (ko) ( kkae'uda )
Latin: expergō , excitō
Latvian: pamodināt , atmodināt
Low German:
German Low German: opwecken , oppuren , waak maken
Luxembourgish: erwächen
Maore Comorian: umidza
Ngazidja Comorian: udjusa
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: vekkja
Old English: āweċċan
Polish: budzić (pl) impf , obudzić (pl) pf
Portuguese: acordar (pt) , despertar (pt)
Romanian: deștepta (ro) , scula (ro) , trezi (ro)
Russian: буди́ть (ru) impf ( budítʹ ) , разбуди́ть (ru) pf ( razbudítʹ ) , пробужда́ть (ru) impf ( probuždátʹ ) , пробуди́ть (ru) pf ( probudítʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пробудити pf
Roman: probuditi (sh) pf
Spanish: despertar (es)
Swedish: väcka (sv)
Thai: ปลุก (th) ( bplùk )
Vietnamese: đánh thức (vi)
to become more aware of a real-life situation.
See also