wecke

See also: Wecke

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛkə/

Verb

wecke (third-person singular present weck or weckt, past participle jeweck or geweckt)

1. (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

• opwecke, ofwecke

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

wecke

1. inflection of wecken:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative