woken

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwoʊkən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwəʊkən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊkən

Etymology 1

Morphologically woke +‎ -n.

Verb

woken

1. past participle of wake

Etymology 2

From woke +‎ -en.

Verb

woken (third-person singular simple present wokens, present participle wokening, simple past and past participle wokened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become woke or woker.
   • 2022, Bruce Wagner, ROAR: American Master, The Oral Biography of Roger Orr:

     The “wokening” industry swallowed Orr's latest incarnation—the new, improved Rory Rabineau—as a perfect antidote to the perceived poison of his uninsurable “mental instability.”

   • 2022, Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Country:

     Which is why progressivism ain't no religion; it's a cult. Instead of the Ten Commandments, it's political correctness. Instead of any meaningful spiritual awakening, it's a performative wokening.

   • 2023, Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris, The Black Guy Dies First:

     Instead of a grim reminder of reality in which the Black hero survives the ordeal only to be wrongfully dispatched by police—à la Night of the Living Dead—Get Out exudes the hope of an ever-wokening world.

Derived terms

• wokening
• unwoken (verb)

Anagrams

• Keown, knowe

German

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Adjective

woken

1. inflection of woke:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔkʲɛn]

Noun

woken

1. genitive plural of wokno

Synonyms

• woknow

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wakien, waken

Etymology

From Old English wācian; equivalent to woke +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare weyken and Old English wǣcan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːkən/
• (Northern, Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑːkən/

Verb

woken (rare)

1. To become weakened or tired; to weaken.
2. To calm; to lose one's bravery.
3. To add water to; to make watery or soft.

Conjugation

Conjugation of woken (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) woken, woke
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	woke	woked
2nd-person singular	wokest	wokedest
3rd-person singular	woketh	woked
subjunctive singular	woke
imperative singular		—
plural1	woken, woke	wokeden, wokede
imperative plural	woketh, woke	—
participles	wokynge, wokende	woked, ywoked

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “wōken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-27.

Swedish

Noun

woken

1. definite singular of wok