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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse vakinn.
Adjective
vaken (neuter singular vakent, definite singular and plural vakne)
- alternative form of våken
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse vakinn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²vaːçən/, ,
- (newer or regional) IPA(key): /²vaːkən/,
- Rhymes: -çən
- Hyphenation: va‧ken
Adjective
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
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vakinn, from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *wakaną (“to wake, be awake, arise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vaken (not comparable)
- awake
Declension
| Inflection of vaken
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| Indefinite
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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vaken
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| Neuter singular
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vaket
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| Plural
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vakna
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| Masculine plural3
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vakne
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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vakne
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| All
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vakna
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1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
vaken
- definite singular of vak
Etymology 3
Verb
vaken
- (obsolete) second-person plural present indicative of vaka
Vaken fördenskull; ty I veten icke dagen, ej heller stunden- Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
- (Matthew 25:13)
Further reading
Anagrams
Volapük
Noun
vaken (nominative plural vakens)
- vacation, holiday
Declension
declension of vaken
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only