wekken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wecken, from Old Dutch wecken, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛ.kə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: wek‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛkən
  • Homophone: wecken

Verb

wekken

  1. (transitive) to wake, to wake up
  2. (transitive) to cause, to elicit (particularly of certain emotions)
    De oplichter nam geld op zonder argwaan te wekken.The swindler took money out of the bank without raising suspicion.

Inflection

Inflection of wekken (weak)
infinitive wekken
past singular wekte
past participle gewekt
infinitive wekken
gerund wekken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wekwekte
2nd person sing. (jij) wektwekte
2nd person sing. (u) wektwekte
2nd person sing. (gij) wektwekte
3rd person singular wektwekte
plural wekkenwekten
subjunctive sing.1 wekkewekte
subjunctive plur.1 wekkenwekten
imperative sing. wek
imperative plur.1 wekt
participles wekkendgewekt
1) Archaic.

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