wakker

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wacker, from Old Dutch *wakkar, from Proto-West Germanic *wakr. Cognate with German wacker (“stalwart”), dialectal English waker (“vigilant”, see there).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑkər/
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  • Hyphenation: wak‧ker
  • Rhymes: -ɑkər

Adjective

wakker (comparative wakkerder, superlative wakkerst)

  1. awake

Declension

Declension of wakker
uninflected wakker
inflected wakkere
comparative wakkerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial wakker wakkerder het wakkerst
het wakkerste
indefinite m./f. sing. wakkere wakkerdere wakkerste
n. sing. wakker wakkerder wakkerste
plural wakkere wakkerdere wakkerste
definite wakkere wakkerdere wakkerste
partitive wakkers wakkerders —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Jersey Dutch: wākker
  • Negerhollands: wakker, waku

Middle English

Adjective

wakker

  1. comparative degree of woke
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