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
Verb
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.
- (Can we date this quote by John Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Early, Turnus wakening with the light.
- Template:RQ:Vance Nobody
- 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.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch waken, from Old Dutch wacon, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną (“to be awake”).
Verb
waken
- (intransitive) to stay awake
- (intransitive) to watch, to be alert
Inflection
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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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
waken
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of wake
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch wacon, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.
Verb
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
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
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
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wacan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
waken
Conjugation
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Conjugation of waken (strong class 6)
infinitive | (to) waken | |
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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) |
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Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old English wācian.
Verb
waken
- Alternative form of woken
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