vakna

See also: våkna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vakna, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

Verb

vakna (third person singular past indicative vaknaði, third person plural past indicative vaknað, supine vaknað)

  1. to wake up

Conjugation
   Conjugation of vakna
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infinitive vakna
present participle vaknandi
past participle a6 vaknaður
supine vaknað
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present vakni vaknar vaknar vakna
past vaknaði vaknaði vaknaði vaknaðu
imperative – tú – tit
present — vakna! — vaknið!

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vakna, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvahkna/
    • Rhymes: -ahkna

Verb

vakna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaknaði, supine vaknað)

  1. (intransitive) to wake up, to awaken

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vakna. Akin to English waken.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ʋɑknɑ/, /²ʋɑːknɑ/

Verb

vakna (present tense vaknar, past tense vakna, past participle vakna, passive infinitive vaknast, present participle vaknande, imperative vakn/vakna)

  1. to wake up

Further reading

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vakna, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

Verb

vakna

  1. to wake up

Conjugation
Conjugation of vakna (weak)
present past
infinitive vakna —
participle vaknandi, -e vaknaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk vaknar vakni, -e — vaknaþi, -e vaknaþi, -e
þū vaknar vakni, -e vakna vaknaþi, -e vaknaþi, -e
han vaknar vakni, -e — vaknaþi, -e vaknaþi, -e
vīr vaknum, -om vaknum, -om vaknum, -om vaknaþum, -om vaknaþum, -om
īr vaknin vaknin vaknin vaknaþin vaknaþin
þēr vakna vaknin — vaknaþu, -o vaknaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk — — — — —
þū — — — — —
han — — — — —
vīr — — — — —
īr — — — — —
þēr — — — — —

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vakna, from Old Norse vakna, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɑːkna/
  • audio(file)

Verb

vakna (present vaknar, preterite vaknade, supine vaknat, imperative vakna)

  1. (intransitive) wake up
Conjugation
Conjugation of vakna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vakna —
Present tense vaknar —
Past tense vaknade —
Supine vaknat —
Imperative vakna —
Present participle vaknande
Past participle vaknad
See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

vakna

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of vaken.
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