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Central Franconian
- wäcke (variant spelling, chiefly used to distinguish from weck (“far, wide”))
Etymology
From Middle High German wecken, from Old High German wecchen, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan.
Pronunciation
Verb
wecke (third-person singular present weck or weckt, past participle jeweck or geweckt)
- (most dialects, transitive) to awaken, wake up (make someone awake)
Usage notes
- The forms weck, jeweck are Ripuarian, while weckt, geweckt are Moselle Franconian.
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Verb
wecke
- inflection of wecken:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative