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vekja

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Faroese

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Verb

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vekja

  1. (transitive) to waken

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vekja (group v-18)
infinitive vekja
supine vakt
present past
first singular vekji vakdi
second singular vekur vakdi
third singular vekur vakdi
plural vekja vakdu
participle (a7)1 vekjandi vakdur
imperative
singular vek!
plural vekjið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Conjugation of vekja (group v-16)
infinitive vekja
supine vakt
present past
first singular veki vakti
second singular vekir vakti
third singular vekir vakti
plural vekja vaktu
participle (a5)1 vekjandi vaktur
imperative
singular vek!
plural vekið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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vekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vakti, supine vakið)

  1. (transitive) to awaken, to wake up, the word specifically means to disrupt the sleep of someone else and not to rise from sleep one self, as these two are never confused in the language unlike English

Conjugation

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vekja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur vekja
supine sagnbót vakið
present participle
vekjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég vek vakti veki vekti
þú vekur vaktir vekir vektir
hann, hún, það vekur vakti veki vekti
plural við vekjum vöktum vekjum vektum
þið vekið vöktuð vekið vektuð
þeir, þær, þau vekja vöktu veki vektu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú vek (þú), vektu
plural þið vekið (þið), vekiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
vekjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur vekjast
supine sagnbót vakist
present participle
vekjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég vekst vaktist vekjist vektist
þú vekst vaktist vekjist vektist
hann, hún, það vekst vaktist vekjist vektist
plural við vekjumst vöktumst vekjumst vektumst
þið vekjist vöktust vekjist vektust
þeir, þær, þau vekjast vöktust vekjist vektust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú vekst (þú), vekstu
plural þið vekist (þið), vekisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
vakinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
vakinn vakin vakið vaktir vaktar vakin
accusative
(þolfall)
vakinn vakta vakið vakta vaktar vakin
dative
(þágufall)
vöktum vakinni vöktu vöktum vöktum vöktum
genitive
(eignarfall)
vakins vakinnar vakins vakinna vakinna vakinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
vakti vakta vakta vöktu vöktu vöktu
accusative
(þolfall)
vakta vöktu vakta vöktu vöktu vöktu
dative
(þágufall)
vakta vöktu vakta vöktu vöktu vöktu
genitive
(eignarfall)
vakta vöktu vakta vöktu vöktu vöktu

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.

Verb

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vekja (3rd singular past indicative vakti, vakði, 3rd plural past indicative vǫktu, vǫkðu, past participle vakiðr or vakinn or vaktr)

  1. (transitive) to waken, rouse from sleep
  2. (transitive) to stir, rouse
  3. (transitive) to cause
  4. (impersonal, transitive) to begin

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vekja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive vekja
present participle vekjandi
past participle vaktr, vakiðr, vakinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular vek vakða vekja vekða
2nd person singular vekr vakðir vekir vekðir
3rd person singular vekr vakði veki vekði
1st person plural vekjum vǫkðum vekim vekðim
2nd person plural vekið vǫkðuð vekið vekðið
3rd person plural vekja vǫkðu veki vekði
imperative present
2nd person singular vek
1st person plural vekjum
2nd person plural vekið
Conjugation of vekja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive vekjask
present participle vekjandisk
past participle vaksk, vakizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular vekjumk vǫkðumk vekjumk vekðumk
2nd person singular veksk vakðisk vekisk vekðisk
3rd person singular veksk vakðisk vekisk vekðisk
1st person plural vekjumsk vǫkðumsk vekimsk vekðimsk
2nd person plural vekizk vǫkðuzk vekizk vekðizk
3rd person plural vekjask vǫkðusk vekisk vekðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular veksk
1st person plural vekjumsk
2nd person plural vekizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: vekja
  • Faroese: vekja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vekkja, vekja
  • Old Swedish: vækia, vækkia
  • Old Danish: wække

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vekja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive