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wecken

German, verb

wecken is spelled W-E-C-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wecken is a German verb meaning “to wake, to wake up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wecken is a different word: “an oblong bread roll”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden aus dem Schlaf holen, wach machen”.

What does wecken mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to wake, to wake up

    Meine Katze ist zu mir ins Bett geklettert und hat mich aufgeweckt.

noun

as Wecken
  1. 1

    Austriamasculinean oblong bread roll

  2. 2

    Austriamasculineoblong wheat bread

noun

as Wecken
  1. 1

    neutergerund of wecken (“the act of waking”)

noun

as Wecken
  1. 1

    plural of Wecke

  2. 2

    plural of Weck

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. jemanden aus dem Schlaf holen, wach machen 2. etwas hervorrufen, etwas in jemandem entstehen lassen

noun: 1. Brötchen 2. ein längliches Brot aus sehr fein ausgemahlenem Weizenmehl

noun: 1. Weckruf, Überführen schlafender Personen in den Wachzustand

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 wecken

  • Weckens genitive
  • weckt present singular third-person
  • weckte past
  • geweckt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • weckend participle present
  • wecke first-person indicative present
  • weckst indicative present second-person
  • weckest second-person singular subjunctive
  • wecket plural second-person subjunctive
  • weckten first-person indicative plural
  • wecktest indicative preterite second-person
  • wecktet indicative plural preterite
  • weck imperative second-person singular
  • wecke! imperative singular
  • weckt! imperative plural
  • geweckt haben active infinitive perfect
  • geweckt werden processual-passive infinitive present

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to wecken

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is wecken in German?

wecken appears 9.5 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).

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