waken
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English waknen, from Old English wæcnan, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈweɪkən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪkən
Verb
[edit]waken (third-person singular simple present wakens, present participle wakening, simple past and past participle wakened)
- (transitive) To wake or rouse from sleep.
- (intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Ninth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Early, Turnus wakening with the light.
- 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter II (Burglary), page 378, column 1:
- She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch waken, from Old Dutch wacon, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną (“to be awake”).
Verb
[edit]waken
- (intransitive) to stay awake
- (intransitive) to watch, to be alert
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of waken (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | waken | |||
past singular | waakte | |||
past participle | gewaakt | |||
infinitive | waken | |||
gerund | waken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | waak | waakte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | waakt, waak2 | waakte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | waakt | waakte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | 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 | gewaakt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]waken
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]wāken
- (intransitive) to wake, to be awake
- (intransitive) to not be or fall asleep, to stay awake
- (intransitive) to awaken, to wake up
- (transitive) to guard
Inflection
[edit]Weak | ||
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Infinitive | wāken | |
3rd sg. past | — | |
3rd pl. past | — | |
Past participle | — | |
Infinitive | wāken | |
In genitive | wākens | |
In dative | wākene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | wāke | — |
2nd singular | wāecs, wākes | — |
3rd singular | wāect, wāket | — |
1st plural | wāken | — |
2nd plural | wāect, wāket | — |
3rd plural | wāken | — |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | wāke | — |
2nd singular | wāecs, wākes | — |
3rd singular | wāke | — |
1st plural | wāken | — |
2nd plural | wāect, wāket | — |
3rd plural | wāken | — |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | wāec, wāke | |
Plural | wāect, wāket | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | wākende | — |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “waken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “waken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]waken
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of waken (strong class 6)
infinitive | (to) waken, wake | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | wake | wook | |
2nd-person singular | wakest | woke, wook | |
3rd-person singular | waketh | wook | |
subjunctive singular | wake | woke1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | waken, wake | woken, woke | |
imperative plural | waketh, wake | — | |
participles | wakynge, wakende | waken, wake |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Old English wācian.
Verb
[edit]waken
- Alternative form of woken
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