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wecken
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See also: Wecken
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
wecken
- 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)
- (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
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
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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)
- (transitive) To wake, to wake up.
Conjugation
Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Verb
wecken
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: wekken
- Limburgish: wèkke
Further reading
- “wecken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wecken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan.
Verb
wecken
Inflection
Conjugation of wecken (weak class 1)
Descendants
Further reading
- “wekken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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