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/

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• Hyphenation: wak‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑkər

Adjective

wakker (comparative wakkerder, superlative wakkerst)

1. awake

Inflection

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

• ontwaken
• waken
• wekken
• wekker

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: wākker
• Negerhollands: wakker, waku

Middle English

Adjective

wakker

1. comparative degree of woke