vakna

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See also: våkna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vakna, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

vakna (third person singular past indicative vaknaði, third person plural past indicative vaknaðu, supine vaknað)

  1. to wake up

Conjugation

Conjugation of vakna (group v-30)
infinitive vakna
supine vaknað
participle (a6)1 vaknandi vaknaður
present past
first singular vakni vaknaði
second singular vaknar vaknaði
third singular vaknar vaknaði
plural vakna vaknaðu
imperative
singular vakna!
plural vaknið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vakna, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

vakna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaknaði, supine vaknað)

  1. (intransitive) to wake up, to awaken

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vakna. Akin to English waken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʋɑknɑ/, /²ʋɑːknɑ/

Verb

vakna (present tense vaknar, past tense vakna, past participle vakna, passive infinitive vaknast, present participle vaknande, imperative vakna/vakn)

  1. to wake up

Further reading

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vakna, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

Verb

vakna

  1. to wake up

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swedish: vakna

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²vɑːkna/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vakna, from Old Norse vakna, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.

Verb

vakna (present vaknar, preterite vaknade, supine vaknat, imperative vakna)

  1. (intransitive) to wake up (become awake – compare väcka)
    Har du vaknat på fel sida i dag?
    Did you wake up on the wrong side today?
    Jag vaknade med ett ryck
    I woke up with a start
    Staden hade precis börjat vakna
    The city was just starting to wake up
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Adjective

vakna

  1. inflection of vaken:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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