awake

[əˈweɪk]

/[əˈweɪk]/ adj

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The verdict

“awake” is uncommon German (frequency #91,332 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,332
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prädikativ; nie vor einem Substantiv

Corpus desk

Index DE-awake · awake · German

awake · rank #91,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,332
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aware

Nearest frequency peer: Aware (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „awake“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „awake“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for awake
PropertyValue
Headwordawake
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[əˈweɪk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#91,332
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „awake“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).awakefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Aware“ (#91,333), „Automobilclub“ (#91,330), „automatisierter“ (#91,329). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „awake“ bei #91,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

awake is uncommon German at frequency #91,332 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [əˈweɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

awake has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is awake, spelled A-W-A-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    prädikativ; nie vor einem Substantiv
  2. 2
    wach, nicht schlafend; wachsam
  3. 3
    (to be awake to something) sich (einer Sache) bewusst sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how awake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Is he already awake?
  2. She is fully awake to her responsibilities.

Synonyms

conscious

Antonyms

asleep

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "awake"?
"awake" is spelled A-W-A-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [əˈweɪk].
What does "awake" mean?
As an adjective, "awake" means: prädikativ; nie vor einem Substantiv
How do you pronounce "awake"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "awake" is [əˈweɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "awake" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "awake", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aware#91,333Beins#91,350birdy#91,390amish#91,264

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list