/²vɑːkna/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish vakna, from Old Norse vakna, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.
- intransitiveto wake up (become awake – compare väcka)
“Har du vaknat på fel sida i dag?” — Did you wake up on the wrong side today? [Are you in a bad mood for some reason? – idiomatic]
“Jag vaknade med ett ryck” — I woke up with a start
“Staden hade precis börjat vakna” — The city was just starting to wake up
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular
- form-of, pluralplural
Formervaknar(present) · vaknade(preterite) · vaknat(supine) · vakna(imperative) · vakna(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · vaknat(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · vakna(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · vaknen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · vaknar(active, indicative, present) · vaknade(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · vakna(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · vaknade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)