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German
Etymology
er- + wecken
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: er‧we‧cken
- IPA(key): /ɛʁˈvɛkən/,
Verb
erwecken (weak, third-person singular present erweckt, past tense erweckte, past participle erweckt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to awake, to arouse
- Synonyms: wachrufen, hervorrufen, erregen
- Dies wird seine Neugierde erwecken. ― This will arouse his curiosity.
- Die Ausstellung hat bei jungen Leuten großes Interesse erweckt. ― The exhibition has aroused a lot of interest among young people.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
erwecken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
erwecken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “erwecken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “erwecken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “erwecken” in Duden online
- “erwecken” in OpenThesaurus.de