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wecken

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See also: Wecken

Dutch

Etymology

From Weck + -en.

Pronunciation

Verb

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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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to wake, to wake up
    Meine Katze ist zu mir ins Bett geklettert und hat mich aufgeweckt.
    My cat crawled into my bed and woke me 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

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Middle Low German wekken, from Old Saxon wekkian.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wecken.

Verb

wecken

  1. to wake, to cause to wake up

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: wekken
  • Limburgish: wèkke

Further reading

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan.

Verb

wecken

  1. to wake, to cause to wake up

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • wekken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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