waken

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English waknen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English wæcnan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪkən/
• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To wake or rouse from sleep.
2. (intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Early, Turnus wakening with the light.

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     She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.

Related terms

• awaken

Anagrams

• Wanek, Wanke

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaːkə(n)/
• Rhymes: -aːkən

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

waken

1. (intransitive) to stay awake
2. (intransitive) to watch, to be alert

Inflection

Conjugation of waken (weak)
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.

Derived terms

• bewaken
• ontwaken
• waakhond
• waakkat
• waakvlam

Related terms

• wake
• wakker
• wekken

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

waken

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of wake

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wacon, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.

Verb

wāken

1. (intransitive) to wake, to be awake
2. (intransitive) to not be or fall asleep, to stay awake
3. (intransitive) to awaken, to wake up
4. (transitive) to guard

Inflection

Weak
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

• Dutch: waken
• Limburgish: wake

Further reading

• “waken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “waken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wacan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaːkən/

Verb

waken

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of waken (strong class 6)

infinitive	(to) waken
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	wake	woke, wook
2nd person singular	wakest	wook, woke, *wokest
3rd person singular	wakeþ, waketh	woke, wook
plural	waken	woke(n)
subjunctive	present	past
singular	wake	woke, wook
plural	waken	woke(n)
imperative	present
singular	wake
plural	wakeþ, waketh
participle	present	past
	wakende, wakinge	wake(n)

Related terms

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

Descendants

• English: wake
• Scots: wake

Etymology 2

From Old English wācian.

Verb

waken

1. Alternative form of woken