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väcka

wake, arouse/²vɛka/

Meaning

wake; arouse

In Swedish: få (någon) att vakna

Conjugation

Conjugation of väcka (wake)
Infinitive	att väcka	to wake
Present	väcker	jag väcker
Past	väckte	jag väckte
Supine	väckt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har väckt	jag har väckt
Past perfect	hade väckt	jag hade väckt
Future	ska väcka	or: kommer att väcka
Conditional	skulle väcka	jag skulle väcka
Imperative	väck!	a command
Present participle	väckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	väckt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of väcka
Infinitive	väckas
Present	väcks
Past	väcktes
Supine	väckts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use väcker. See the four verb groups explained.

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väcka in a sentence

Väck mig klockan sju!
Wake me at seven o'clock!
väcka debatt
start (trigger) a debate
väcka uppseende
attract attention
Conny väckte barnen
Conny woke up the children
Jag väcktes av smällen
I was awakened by the bang
Nekromantiker kan väcka de döda till liv / kan väcka döda
Necromancers can raise the dead
Hans agerande väckte misstankar
His behavior raised suspicions
Beslutet väcker många frågor
The decision raises many questions

Expressions

väcka ett förslag
raise (bring up, bring forward) a proposal
väcka åtal
bring a legal action against

Questions

What does väcka mean in English?

väcka means “wake, arouse”.

What is the past tense of väcka?

The past tense of väcka is väckte (“jag väckte”). The supine is väckt, used in “jag har väckt”.

What is the present tense of väcka?

väcker, the same for every person: jag väcker, du väcker, vi väcker.

Similar words

framkalla

Origin

From Old Swedish vækia, vækkia, from Old Norse vekja, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.

Nearby common words

väcka is number 1,196 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,192liksom so to speak, as it were
1,193försiktigt gently, cautiously, carefully, prudently
1,194ålder age
1,195stackars poor
1,197halv half
1,198rymma hold, escape
1,199våga dare
1,200utom beyond, outside

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary