Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وقت (vakt), from Arabic وَقْت (waqt).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun edit

  1. (obsolete, dialect) time, period, moment, era; age (when associated with a person and stage of life)
    Synonyms: kohë, moshë, periudhë, nge; vitet, vërsë
    S'kam vakt për...
    I have no time for...
    Vakti për...
    The time to... ~ The age for...
  2. leisure(time), pause, resting, break (bedtime, sleeptime)
  3. meal(time), repast (time when eating; breakfast, mealtime, lunch, dinner, supper)
    Synonyms: haje, drekë, darkë, mëngjes, ushqim
  4. good condition, lucky position/situation; (afford)ability; fortune, fate
    Synonyms: gjendje; përballueshmërinë, aftësi; fat

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • [1] noun vakt (def./sg. vakti; indef./pl. vakte; def./pl. vaktet) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References edit

  1. ^ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 601 (vakt)
  2. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 168, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  3. ^ Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 616, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): [ˈʋɑɡ̊d̥]

Verb edit

vakt

  1. past participle of vække

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, plural vaktir)

  1. guard
  2. watch

Declension edit

Declension of vakt
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vakt vaktin vaktir vaktirnar
accusative vakt vaktina vaktir vaktirnar
dative vakt vaktini vaktum vaktunum
genitive vaktar vaktarinnar vakta vaktanna

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Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, nominative plural vaktir)

  1. shift, watch
  2. guard

Declension edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

Noun edit

vakt f or m (definite singular vakta or vakten, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)

  1. a guard (person)
    stå vakt - stand guard
  2. a watch (period of duty; time period)
    holde vakt - keep watch
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

vakt

  1. past participle of vekke

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vakt f (definite singular vakta, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)

  1. a guard (person)
  2. a watch (period of duty; time period)
Derived terms edit

Verb edit

vakt

  1. imperative of vakta

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

vakt

  1. (non-standard since 1938) supine of vekkja

Participle edit

vakt (definite singular and plural vakte)

  1. (non-standard since 1938) past participle of vekkja

Adjective edit

vakt (indefinite singular vakt, definite singular and plural vakte)

  1. (Religion) having spiritually awakened, e.g. born-again (in certain Christian denominations)

References edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

vakt c

  1. a guard
    Nisse är en vakt
    Nisse is a guard
  2. watch, guard (keeping guard/watch)
    Stig håller vakt medan vi rånar juvelerarbutiken
    Stig keeps watch while we rob the jewelry store

Usage notes edit

You hold (håller) rather than keep watch in Swedish.

Declension edit

Declension of vakt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vakt vakten vakter vakterna
Genitive vakts vaktens vakters vakternas

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