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wacken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
wack-en
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Watchful.

Obsolete

adj

Lively; sharp; wanton.

British usage

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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more wacken (comparative) most wacken (superlative)

Rhymes With

kraken bracken blacken slacken clachan

Questions

What does wacken mean?
Watchful.
Where does wacken come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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