waken

[US]/ˈweɪkən/
[UK]/ˈweɪkən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. vekke; gjøre noen oppmerksom på

vi. våkne opp; bli oppmerksom
Word Forms
Third Person Singularwakens
Present Participlewakening
Past Tensewakened
Past Participlewakened
Pluralwakens

Phrases & Collocations

awaken

våkne

Example Sentences

The noise wakened me.

Løyden vekket meg.

a heavy sleeper who was not wakened by the cat burglar.

en tung sovende som ikke ble vekket av råtteløperen.

He wakened at 7 o'clock.

Han vaknet klokken 7.

What time are you going to waken him?

Hva klokke skal du vekke ham?

The book wakened the reader's interest.

Boken vekket leserens interesse.

Nature seems to be wakened from a dead sleep.

Naturen virker som om den er vekket fra en døsedom.

It is frightening to most children to waken and find a stranger.

Det er skremmende for de fleste barn å våkne og finne en fremmed.

We must waken the people to the dangers facing our country.

Vi må vekke folkene om farene som vår land står overfor.

She closed the door very quietly,as she was afraid of wakening her baby.

Hun lukket døren veldig stille, fordi hun fryktet å vekke barnet sitt.

I plan to waken at six o'clock tomorrow.See Usage Note at wake 1

Jeg planlegger å vekkes klokka seks neste dag. Se bruksnotat ved våkne 1

Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep, Wakens the ferine strain.

Gamle lengsler nomadesk sprang, som gnager ved skikkens lenker; Nok en gang våkner den ville trangen fra sin frostlige søvn.

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