UrsprungFrom Old Norse vakinn, from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *wakaną (“to wake, be awake, arise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular of vak
- form-of, indicative, obsolete, plural, presentsecond-person plural present indicative of vaka
“Vaken fördenskull; ty I veten icke dagen, ej heller stunden” — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
Formervaken(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · -(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · -(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · vaket(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · -(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · -(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · vakna(indefinite, plural, positive) · -(comparative, indefinite, plural) · -(indefinite, plural, superlative) · vakne(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · -(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · -(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · vakne(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · -(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · -(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · vakna(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · -(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · -(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)