wakker

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wacker, from Old Dutch *wakkar, from Proto-West Germanic *wakr. Cognate with German wacker (“stalwart”), dialectal English waker (“vigilant”, see there).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑkər/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: wak‧ker
Rhymes: -ɑkər

Adjective

wakker (comparative wakkerder, superlative wakkerst)

awake

Declension

Declension of wakker
uninflected	wakker
inflected	wakkere
comparative	wakkerder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		wakker	wakkerder	het wakkerst het wakkerste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	wakkere	wakkerdere	wakkerste
	n. sing.	wakker	wakkerder	wakkerste
	plural	wakkere	wakkerdere	wakkerste
definite		wakkere	wakkerdere	wakkerste
partitive		wakkers	wakkerders	—

Derived terms

wakker worden

Related terms

Descendants

Jersey Dutch: wākker
Negerhollands: wakker, waku

Middle English

Adjective

wakker

comparative degree of woke

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