vakna

See also: våkna

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaʰkna/
• Rhymes: -aʰkna

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvahkna/
  • Rhymes: -ahkna

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to wake up, to awaken

Derived terms

• vakna við
• vakna við vondan draum
• vaknaður

See also

• rísa
• rumska
• vekja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vakne

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

• “vakna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

vakna

1. to wake up

Conjugation

Conjugation of vakna (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	vakna			—
participle	vaknandi, -e			vaknaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vaknar	vakni, -e	—	vaknaþi, -e	vaknaþi, -e
þū	vaknar	vakni, -e	vakna	vaknaþi, -e	vaknaþi, -e
han	vaknar	vakni, -e	—	vaknaþi, -e	vaknaþi, -e
vīr	vaknum, -om	vaknum, -om	vaknum, -om	vaknaþum, -om	vaknaþum, -om
īr	vaknin	vaknin	vaknin	vaknaþin	vaknaþin
þēr	vakna	vaknin	—	vaknaþu, -o	vaknaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	—	—	—	—	—
þū	—	—	—	—	—
han	—	—	—	—	—
vīr	—	—	—	—	—
īr	—	—	—	—	—
þēr	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Swedish: vakna

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vɑːkna/

• Audio:

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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) wake up

   Har du vaknat på fel sida i dag?

   Did you wake up on the wrong side today? (Are you in a bad mood for some reason?)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vakna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vakna		—
Supine	vaknat		—
Imperative	vakna		—
Imper. plural1	vaknen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vaknar	vaknade	—	—
Ind. plural1	vakna	vaknade	—	—
Subjunctive2	vakne	vaknade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	vaknande
Past participle	vaknad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• vacker
• vaka
• vaken
• väcka

Etymology 2

Adjective

vakna

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

Anagrams

• vakan, vanka