Wecker

German

Etymology

wecken (“to wake”) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛkɐ/

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Noun

Wecker m (strong, genitive Weckers, plural Wecker)

1. alarm clock
2. waker, knocker-up (person with the duty to wake others up at a certain time)

Declension

Declension of Wecker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wecker	die	Wecker
genitive	eines	des	Weckers	der	Wecker
dative	einem	dem	Wecker	den	Weckern
accusative	einen	den	Wecker	die	Wecker

Derived terms

• auf den Wecker fallen
• auf den Wecker gehen

Related terms

• wecken

Descendants

• → Pannonian Rusyn: векер (veker)
• → Silesian: weker

Proper noun

Wecker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Weckers or (with an article) Wecker, feminine genitive Wecker, plural Weckers or Wecker)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Wecker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wecker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Wecker” in Duden online
• Wecker on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveka/
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: Wec‧ker

Noun

Wecker m (plural Wecker)

1. alarm clock

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Wecker”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvækə/

Noun

Wecker m (plural Weckeren)

1. alarm clock