"wacken" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more wacken [comparative], most wacken [superlative]
Rhymes: -ækən Etymology: From Middle English waken, from Old English wacen, ġewacen, from Proto-Germanic *wakanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wakaną (“to wake, be awake, arise”), equivalent to wake + -en (past participle ending). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|waken}} Middle English waken, {{inh|en|ang|wacen}} Old English wacen, {{m|ang|ġewacen}} ġewacen, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wakanaz}} Proto-Germanic *wakanaz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*wakaną|t=to wake, be awake, arise}} Proto-Germanic *wakaną (“to wake, be awake, arise”), {{af|en|wake|-en|pos2=past participle ending}} wake + -en (past participle ending) Head templates: {{en-adj}} wacken (comparative more wacken, superlative most wacken)
  1. (obsolete) Watchful. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wacken-en-adj-N56sgfj2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en: 59 41
  2. (UK dialectal) Lively; sharp; wanton. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-wacken-en-adj-dI6IECpo Categories (other): British English

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