vaken

See also: våken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vakinn.

Adjective

vaken (neuter singular vakent, definite singular and plural vakne)

  1. alternative form of våken

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vakinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²vaːçən/, [²ʋɐ̞ːçən], [²ʋɐ̞ːc͡çən]
  • (newer or regional) IPA(key): /²vaːkən/, [²ʋɐ̞ːkən]
  • Rhymes: -çən
  • Hyphenation: va‧ken

Adjective

vaken (neuter vake or vakent, definite singular and plural vakne, comparative vaknare, indefinite superlative vaknast, definite superlative vaknaste)

  1. awake, alert, wide-awake
  2. bright (person)
  3. keen
    eit vake / vakent blikk - a keen eye

References

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vakinn, from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *wakaną (to wake, be awake, arise), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vaken (not comparable)

  1. awake
Declension
Inflection of vaken
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vaken
neuter singular vaket
plural vakna
masculine plural2 vakne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vakne
all vakna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

vaken

  1. definite singular of vak

Etymology 3

Verb

vaken

  1. (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

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

vaken (nominative plural vakens)

  1. vacation, holiday

Declension

Declension of vaken
singular plural
nominative vaken vakens
genitive vakena vakenas
dative vakene vakenes
accusative vakeni vakenis
vocative 1 o vaken! o vakens!
predicative 2 vakenu vakenus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only