vaken
See also: våken
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
vaken (neuter singular vakent, definite singular and plural vakne)
- alternative form of våken
References edit
- “vaken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /²vaːçən/, [²ʋɐ̞ːçən], [²ʋɐ̞ːc͡çən]
- (newer or regional) IPA(key): /²vaːkən/, [²ʋɐ̞ːkən]
- Rhymes: -çən
- Hyphenation: va‧ken
Adjective edit
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 edit
- “vaken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse vakinn, from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *wakaną (“to wake, be awake, arise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
vaken (not comparable)
Declension edit
| Inflection of vaken | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vaken | — | — |
| Neuter singular | vaket | — | — |
| Plural | vakna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | vakne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vakne | — | — |
| All | vakna | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
vaken
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
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 edit
- vaken in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams edit
Volapük edit
Noun edit
vaken (nominative plural vakens)