vaken
See also: våken
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse vakinn.
Adjective
vaken (neuter singular vakent, definite singular and plural vakne)
- alternative form of våken
References
- “vaken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Dialects
- vakinn
- vakkinn
- vagjen
- vadjen
- vekkjinn
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)
- awake, alert, wide-awake
- bright (person)
- keen
- eit vake / vakent blikk - a keen eye
References
- “vaken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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)
- awake
Declension
| Inflection of vaken | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vaken | — | — |
| Neuter singular | vaket | — | — |
| Plural | vakna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | vakne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vakne | — | — |
| All | vakna | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
- yrvaken
Related terms
- vacker
- vaka
- vakna
- väcka
Noun
vaken
- definite singular of vak.
Verb
vaken
- Obsolete plural form of vakar, present tense of vaka. 2nd person only.
- 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
- vaken in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- vakne
Volapük
Noun
vaken (nominative plural vakens)
- 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