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erwachen

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See also: Erwachen and erwächen

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German erwachen, from Old High German irwahhēn, urwahhēn. Equivalent to er- +‎ wachen.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -axn̩, -axən

Verb

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erwachen (weak, third-person singular present erwacht, past tense erwachte, past participle erwacht, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to awake (also figuratively)
    • 1915, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis:
      Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
      As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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