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wecken

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Weck +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wecken

  1. to home-can (to conserve home-made products by heating and storing them in airtight bottles)
    Synonym: inmaken

Conjugation

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Conjugation of wecken (weak)
infinitive wecken
past singular weckte
past participle geweckt
infinitive wecken
gerund wecken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular weck weckte
2nd person sing. (jij) weckt, weck2 weckte
2nd person sing. (u) weckt weckte
2nd person sing. (gij) weckt weckte
3rd person singular weckt weckte
plural wecken weckten
subjunctive sing.1 wecke weckte
subjunctive plur.1 wecken weckten
imperative sing. weck
imperative plur.1 weckt
participles weckend geweckt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German wecken, from Old High German wecchen, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan (to wake up, to awaken).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛkŋ̩/, /ˈvɛkən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: we‧cken

Verb

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wecken (weak, third-person singular present weckt, past tense weckte, past participle geweckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to wake, to wake up
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 16:
      Erst die helle Sonne, die mein Zimmer in eine Fülle von Licht tauchte, weckte mich.
      Only the bright sun, which bathed my room in an abundance of light, woke me up.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German wekken, from Old Saxon wekkian.

Verb

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wecken (past weck, past participle weckt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) To wake, to wake up.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch wecken.

Verb

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wecken

  1. to wake, to cause to wake up

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Dutch: wekken
  • Limburgish: wèkke

Further reading

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan.

Verb

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wecken

  1. to wake, to cause to wake up

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • wekken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012