vaka
vaka as a verb
Meaning
sit (stay) up
In Swedish: det att avstå från att sova (under natten)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att vaka | to sit |
|---|---|---|
| Present | vakar | jag vakar |
| Past | vakade | jag vakade |
| Supine | vakat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har vakat | jag har vakat |
| Past perfect | hade vakat | jag hade vakat |
| Future | ska vaka | or: kommer att vaka |
| Conditional | skulle vaka | jag skulle vaka |
| Imperative | vaka! | a command |
| Present participle | vakande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | vakas |
|---|---|
| Present | vakas |
| Past | vakades |
| Supine | vakats |
Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use vakar. See the four verb groups explained.
vaka as a noun(en vaka)
Meaning
a vigil, a wake
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en vaka |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | vakan |
| Plural, indefinite | vakor |
| Plural, definite | vakorna |
vaka is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor vaka, den stora vakan. Check another noun
Practise vaka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (vaka). Which is the past tense?
vaka in a sentence
- vaka över sina ägodelarguard (keep watch over) one's possessions
- vaka vid en sjuksängsit up (watch over) sby who is sick
- barnen vakade vid moderns sjuksängthe children kept watch by their mother's sickbed
- vaka över sin sjuka hamsterwatch over one's sick hamster
- Draken vakar över skattenThe dragon guards [watches over] the treasure
- Vakterna vakar över fångarna från vakttornenThe guards watch over the prisoners from the guard towers
Words built with vaka
- likvaka vigil (over a corpse) wake
- nyårsvaka see the new year in
- valvaka waiting for the election results (to come in)
Questions
What does vaka mean in English?
vaka means “sit (stay) up”.
Is it en vaka or ett vaka?
It is en vaka, and “the a vigil” is vakan.
What is the plural of vaka?
The plural of vaka is vakor, and the definite plural is vakorna.
What is the past tense of vaka?
The past tense of vaka is vakade (“jag vakade”). The supine is vakat, used in “jag har vakat”.
What is the present tense of vaka?
vakar, the same for every person: jag vakar, du vakar, vi vakar.
Origin
From Old Swedish vaka, from Old Norse vaka, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.
Nearby common words
vaka is number 3,766 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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