Waken

Definition: Waken

Waken

Verb

1. Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.".

2. Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "waken" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Waken

Crosswords: Waken

Dutch (stay awake).

The man caught on the barbed wire said to waken the sleeper, utter the truth, then kiss him. The truth is, that for me, it shall always be 1945 (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream; writing credit: Harlan Ellison;)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Old Gods Waken (reference)

• Waken bij werkelijkheid : een vademecum voor creativiteit (reference)

• Waken en bewaren : 100 jaar Provinciale Waterstaat Zeeland : 1881-1981 (reference)

• Waken, lords and ladies gay : selected stories of Desmond Pacey (reference)

• Zijn en waken : denken in het spoor van Emmanuel Levinas (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

zgjoj (arouse, awake, exalt, innervate, produce, provoke, quicken, rouse, whet), zgjohem (awake, get up, wake). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نشط (activate, active, animate, bestir oneself, brisk, buoyant, elevate, ginger, harden, hum, invigorate, live, liven, pep up, perk up, pick up, practising, pushing, quick, quicken, reactivate, rekindle, revive, rouse, stimulate, stringent, strong, vivify), ‏نبه (awaken, excite, exhilarate, jog, remind, stimulate, urge, whet), ‏تنبه (precaution, watch), ‏إستيقظ (arouse, awake, wake, wake up), ‏إستفاق (wake), ‏أيقظ (arouse, awake, awaken, awoken, call, raise, rattle, rouse, rout, wake, wake up). (various references)

Bulgarian 

събуждам (arouse, awake, awaken, call up, challenge, elevate, get up, rouse, shake up, wake, wake up), разбуждам (rouse, wake), будя се (wake, wake up), пробуждам (awaken, rouse, wake, wake up). (various references)

Chinese 

�'來 . (various references)

Czech

procitnout (wake), probudit se (awake, awaken, wake, wake up), probudit (arouse, awake, drum up, rouse, stir, wake). (various references)

Farsi 

بیداری کشیدن , بیدارکردن (Arouse, Awake, Awaken, Raise), بیدارشدن (Awake, Awaken). (various references)

Finnish

herättää (arouse, awaken, call forth, wake, wake up). (various references)

French

se réveiller (wake, wake up), s'animer, s'éveiller (wake, wake up), réveiller (wake, wake up), exciter, être vigilant (watch), éveiller. (various references)

German

wecken (arouse, awake, awaked, awaken, awoken, bring back, call forth, create, excite, kindle, prompt, reveille, revive, rouse, spark, to awake, wake, wake up, waking-up time), wachen (be awake, guardianship, keep watch, lie away, sentinels, wake, waked, watch, woken), erwachen (awake, awaken, awakening, be awake, come to, dawn, to awake, wake, wake up, waked, woken), aufwecken (arouse, awaken, rouse, to wake up, wake, wake up), aufwachen (awake, awaken, to awake, to wake up, wake, wake up, wakeup). (various references)

Greek 

εξυπνώ (wake), αφυπνίζω (arouse, awake, awaken, rouse), αφυπνίζομαι (awake, rouse oneself). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תעורר (arise, awake, bestir, get up, stir, wake). (various references)

Hungarian

felébreszt (arouse, awake, awaken, to arouse, to call up, to pique, to raise, to rouse, to wake, to waken, wake), felébred (awake, awaken, awoke, to awake, to awaken, to rouse, to wake, to wake up, wake up). (various references)

Indonesian

gugah (arouse, complain, grouse, grumble). (various references)

Italian

svegliare (arouse, awake, be roused, call, reawaken, rouse, stir, to wake up, wake), destare (arouse, awake, kindle, wake, wake up). (various references)

Pig Latin

akenway.(various references)

Portuguese

provocar (abet, add fuel to, aggravate, arouse, bring, bring on, cause, cause to take place, challenge, court, defy, egg, egg on, excite, gall, generate, incite, induce, infuse, instigate, invite, nettle, occasion, pick, provoke, raise, rattle, rouse, solicit, start, stimulate, stir up), excitar (agitate, calorify, disgruntle, electrify, enkindle, excite, exciting, ferment, fire, flurry, flush, fluster, galvanize, incense, incite, inflame, intrigue, irritate, kindle, kittle, move, provoke, rouse, stimulate, stir, stir up, thrill, thurify, whet), estimular (accelerate, actuate, arouse, awake, encourage, energize, excite, exhort, fillip, flatter, flush, galvanize, impel, incite, inspire, inspirit, irritate, jog, kindle, nurture, press, promote, put forward, quicken, rouse, stimulate, stir up, urge, vivify, whet), despertar (accelerate, arouse, awake, awaken, awakening, quicken, rouse, to wake, wake, wake up), acordar (arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up). (various references)

Romanian

se trezi (awake, awaken, flatten, rattle up, stale, stir, wake, wake up). (various references)

Russian 

будить;и)просыпаться (wake). (various references)

Scottish

mosgail (rise from sleep, rouse; awake). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

probuditi (arouse, awaken, evoke, rouse, wake, wake up), osvestiti se. (various references)

Spanish

despertarse (arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up), despertar (arousal, arouse, awake, awaken, awakening, draw, get up, knock up, revive, rouse, wake, wake up). (various references)

Swedish

vaknar, vakna (alerts, awake, awaken, be awake, stir, wake, wake up), väcka (arouse, awake, awaken, bring up, call, evoke, give, introduce, kindle, rouse, wake, wake up). (various references)

Turkish

uyanmak (awake, awaken, revive, rouse, rouse up, stir, wake, wake up), uyandırmak (arouse, awake, awaken, call, disabuse, disabuse of, evoke, excite, inspire, kindle, knock up, provoke, quicken, recall, revive, rouse, rouse up, spark, stir, stir up, undeceive, wake, wake up, whet), körüklemek (blow, blow with bellows, embitter, fan, instigate, rush up, wake, work up), gözünü açmak (alert, awake, disabuse, disabuse of, disenchant, disillusion, open one's eyes, shake up, undeceive, wake), görmesini sağlamak (awake smb. to smth., disabuse, disabuse of), görmek (behold, catch sight of, consider, espy, experience, get sight of, observe, see, see into, sight, spot, transact, view, wake to), farkına varmak (awake, awake to, awaken, be sensible of, become aware of, discern, get wise to, notice, realize, recognize, take notice, take stock of, wake to), canlandırmak (accelerate, animate, arouse, brace, bring to life, brisk, brisk up, characterize, drum up, enact, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, furbish up, galvanize, ginger, ginger up, give a fresh impetus to, hearten, impersonate, innervate, inspire, inspirit, interpret, invigorate, jazz, jazz up, jog, key up, liven, liven up, pep up, perform, personalize, personate, personify, play, play the role of, portray, quicken, rake up, rally, recreate, refresh, regenerate, represent, revitalize, revive, revivify, rouse, rouse up, smarten, smarten up, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, tone up, touch up, uplift, vitalize, vivify, wake), anlamak (absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be knowledgeable about, be up to, catch, catch on, click, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton on to, dawn on, deduce, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, fathom, feel, figure out, get, get a grip, get a grip on, get the message, grasp, grip, latch on to, make of, pick out, read, realize, rumble, savvy, see, see into, seize, sense, sum up, take in, twig, understand, wake to, work out). (various references)

Turkmen 

turuzmak (get up, make stand, wake someone). (various references)

Ukrainian

розпалювати (blow, burn up, dither, enkindle, foment, hot, hot up, quicken, warm, whip), будити (arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up), піднімати (boost, bring up, draw up, elevate, haul up, heave, heft, hoist, levitate, lift, prong, put up, raise, raise up, rear, set up, take up, up, upbear, uphold, uplift), прокидатися (awake, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up), пробуджуватися (arouse, wake), пильнувати (belay, wake, watch). (various references)

commota, commotae, commotaque, commoti, commotis, commotum, commotus, commoveantur, commoveat, commoveatur, commovebantur, commovebit, commovebitur, commovebo, commovebor, commovebuntur, commovendum, commoventes, commoventur, commovere, commoveretur, commoveri, commoverit, commoverunt, commovet, commovi, commovisti, commovit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "waken": wakened, wakener, wakeners, wakening, wakenings, wakens. (additional references)

Words ending with "waken": awaken, reawaken, rewaken. (additional references)

Words containing "waken": awakened, awakener, awakeners, awakening, awakens, reawakened, reawakening, reawakens, rewakened, rewakening, rewakens, unawakened. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Waken" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: akeen, Aken, awke, maken, Mwakenya, naken, qwake, raken, saken, wace, wacee, waen, wagen, Waka, wakan, wakey, wakin, waknen, wako, waku, walken, wamen, waren, waven, wayke, weken, werken, whake, wicken, Wikana, wiken, wikken, Wilken. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: anew, kane, knew, wake, wane, weak, wean, weka.

-2 letters: ane, awe, awn, kae, kea, ken, nae, naw, new, wae, wan, wen.

-3 letters: ae, an, aw, en, ka, na, ne, we.

+1 letter: awaken, awoken, knawel, wakens, weaken.

+2 letters: awakens, knawels, rewaken, swanked, swanker, wakened, wakener, weakens.

+3 letters: awakened, awakener, dawnlike, fawnlike, hawknose, knapweed, knitwear, knowable, neckwear, newshawk, newspeak, reawaken, reawoken, rewakens, rewaking, swankest, swankier, swanlike, takedown, twankies, tweaking, unawaked, wakeners, wakening, weakened, weakener, weakling, weakness, wreaking.

+4 letters: askewness, awakeners, awakening, breakdown, drawknife, gawkiness, hawknoses, knapweeds, newmarket, newsbreak, newshawks, newsmaker, newspeaks, reawakens, reawaking, rewakened, shakedown, snakeweed, snowflake, snowmaker, swankiest, takedowns, unwarlike, wackiness, wakenings, wapentake, weakeners, weakening, weaklings, windbreak, winemaker, womanlike.