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

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

vakna

  1. to wake up

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swedish: vakna

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²vɑːkna/
  • (file)

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

Adjective

vakna

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

Anagrams

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