vaken

See also: våken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vakinn.

Adjective

vaken (neuter singular vakent, definite singular and plural vakne)

1. 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)

1. awake, alert, wide-awake
2. bright (person)
3. 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)

1. awake

Declension

Inflection of vaken

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vaken	—	—
neuter singular	vaket	—	—
plural	vakna	—	—
masculine plural2	vakne	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	vakne	—	—
all	vakna	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• yrvaken

Related terms

• vacker
• vaka
• vakna
• väcka

Etymology 2

Noun

vaken

1. definite singular of vak

Etymology 3

Verb

vaken

1. (obsolete) second-person plural present indicative of vaka
   • 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)

1. 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