"Wecker" meaning in German

See Wecker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈvɛkɐ/ Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-Wecker.wav , De-Wecker.ogg Forms: Weckers [genitive, masculine], Wecker [genitive, masculine], Wecker [feminine, genitive], Weckers [plural], Wecker [plural]
Etymology: wecken (“to wake”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns) Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|wecken|er|pos2=suffix forming agent nouns|t1=to wake}} wecken (“to wake”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Wecker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Weckers or (with an article) Wecker, feminine genitive Wecker, plural Weckers or Wecker)
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Wecker-de-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): German surnames, Clocks Disambiguation of Clocks: 19 40 41

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛkɐ/ Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-Wecker.wav , De-Wecker.ogg
Etymology: wecken (“to wake”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns) Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|wecken|er|pos2=suffix forming agent nouns|t1=to wake}} wecken (“to wake”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns) Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Wecker m (strong, genitive Weckers, plural Wecker) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Weckers [genitive], Wecker [plural], strong [table-tags], Wecker [nominative, singular], Wecker [definite, nominative, plural], Weckers [genitive, singular], Wecker [definite, genitive, plural], Wecker [dative, singular], Weckern [dative, definite, plural], Wecker [accusative, singular], Wecker [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. alarm clock Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Wecker-de-noun-JoafeWFb Categories (other): Clocks Disambiguation of Clocks: 19 40 41
  2. waker, knocker-up (person with the duty to wake others up at a certain time) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Wecker-de-noun-PMjIhdT7 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Clocks Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 12 10 78 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 30 23 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 14 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 9 74 Disambiguation of Clocks: 19 40 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: auf den Wecker fallen, auf den Wecker gehen Related terms: wecken

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "veker",
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