wecken

See also: Wecken

German

Etymology

From Old High German wecchen, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną (“to wake up, to awaken”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛkŋ̩/, /ˈvɛkən/
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  • Hyphenation: we‧cken

Verb

wecken (third-person singular simple present weckt, past tense weckte, past participle geweckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to wake, to wake up
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 16:
      Erst die helle Sonne, die mein Zimmer in eine Fülle von Licht tauchte, weckte mich.
      Only the bright sun, which bathed by room in an abundance of light, woke me up.

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Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon wekkian, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną. Compare English watch, Dutch wekken. Also related to waken.

Verb

wecken (past weck, past participle weckt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) To wake, to wake up.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

wecken

  1. to wake, to cause to wake up

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: wekken
  • Limburgish: wèkke

Further reading

  • “wecken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “wecken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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