Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch wacker, from Old Dutch *wakkar, from Proto-West Germanic *wak(k)r, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz, akin to Old English wacor. More at waker.

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

wakker (comparative wakkerder, superlative wakkerst)

  1. awake

Inflection edit

Inflection 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 edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Jersey Dutch: wākker
  • Negerhollands: wakker, waku

Middle English edit

Adjective edit

wakker

  1. comparative degree of woke