wecken

See also: Wecken

Dutch

Etymology

From Weck +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛ.kə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wec‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛkən
  • Homophone: wekken

Verb

wecken

  1. to home-can (to conserve home-made products by heating and storing them in airtight bottles)
    Synonym: inmaken

Conjugation

Conjugation of wecken (weak)
infinitive wecken
past singular weckte
past participle geweckt
infinitive wecken
gerund wecken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular weck weckte
2nd person sing. (jij) weckt, weck2 weckte
2nd person sing. (u) weckt weckte
2nd person sing. (gij) weckt weckte
3rd person singular weckt weckte
plural wecken weckten
subjunctive sing.1 wecke weckte
subjunctive plur.1 wecken weckten
imperative sing. weck
imperative plur.1 weckt
participles weckend geweckt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German wecken, from Old High German wecchen, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan (to wake up, to awaken).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛkŋ̩/, /ˈvɛkən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: we‧cken

Verb

wecken (weak, third-person singular present weckt, past tense weckte, past participle geweckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to wake, to wake up
    Meine Katze ist zu mir ins Bett geklettert und hat mich aufgeweckt.
    My cat crawled into my bed and woke me up.
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 16:
      Erst die helle Sonne, die mein Zimmer in eine Fülle von Licht tauchte, weckte mich.
      Only the bright sun, which bathed my room in an abundance of light, woke me up.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • wecken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • wecken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • wecken” in Duden online
  • wecken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German wekken, from Old Saxon wekkian.

Verb

wecken (past weck, past participle weckt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) To wake, to wake up.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wecken (weak verb)
infinitive wecken
present preterite
1st person singular weck weck
2nd person singular wecks(t) wecks(t)
3rd person singular weck(t) weck
plural weckt, wecken wecken
imperative
singular weck(e)
plural weckt
present past
participle wecken (e)weckt, geweckt

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wecken.

Verb

wecken

  1. to wake, to cause to wake up

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: wekken
  • Limburgish: wèkke

Further reading

  • wecken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wecken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan.

Verb

wecken

  1. to wake, to cause to wake up

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • wekken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012