Wake
German, noun/ˈvaːkə/
Wake is spelled W-A-K-E (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wake is a German feminine noun meaning “a naturally formed open spot in the ice cover of a body of water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “natürliche Öffnung in der Eisdecke, zumeist eines Flusses oder Sees, die zuweilen auch zeitweise…”.
What does Wake mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea naturally formed open spot in the ice cover of a body of water
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. natürliche Öffnung in der Eisdecke, zumeist eines Flusses oder Sees, die zuweilen auch zeitweise oberflächlich leicht zufrieren kann
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wake
- Waken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wake?
- /ˈvaːkə/
- [ˈvaːkə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wake
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wake in German?
Wake appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).