vaken

See also: våken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vakinn

Adjective

vaken (neuter singular vakent, definite singular and plural vakne)

alternative form of våken

References

“vaken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vakinn

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ʋɑːkɛn/

Adjective

vaken (masculine and feminine vaken, neuter vake or vakent, definite singular and plural vakne, comparative vaknare, indefinite superlative vaknast, definite superlative vaknaste)

awake, alert, wide-awake
bright (person)
keen
eit vake / vakent blikk - a keen eye

References

“vaken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vakinn, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.

Pronunciation

audio (file)

Adjective

vaken (not comparable)

awake

Declension

Inflection of vaken
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	vaken	—	—
Neuter singular	vaket	—	—
Plural	vakna	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	vakne	—	—
All	vakna	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Noun

vaken

definite singular of vak

Verb

vaken

Obsolete plural form of vakar, present tense of vaka. 2nd person only.
Vaken fördenskull; ty I veten icke dagen, ej heller stunden
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour (Matthew 25:13)

Volapük

Noun

vaken (plural vakens)

vacation, holiday

Declension

declension of vaken

	singular	plural
nominative	vaken	vakens
genitive	vakena	vakenas
dative	vakene	vakenes
accusative	vakeni	vakenis
predicative	vakenu	vakenus
vocative	o vaken!	o vakens!

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