vakta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vakten

Noun

vakta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of vakt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vakta f

1. definite singular of vakt

Verb

vakta (present tense vaktar, past tense vakta, past participle vakta, passive infinitive vaktast, present participle vaktande, imperative vakta/vakt)

1. alternative form of vakte

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vakta, from Middle Low German wachten, from Old Saxon *wahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic *wahtwēn (“to keep watch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vakta/

Verb

vakta (present vaktar, preterite vaktade, supine vaktat, imperative vakta)

1. to guard (to protect from some offence)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vakta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vakta		vaktas
Supine	vaktat		vaktats
Imperative	vakta		—
Imper. plural1	vakten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vaktar	vaktade	vaktas	vaktades
Ind. plural1	vakta	vaktade	vaktas	vaktades
Subjunctive2	vakte	vaktade	vaktes	vaktades
	Participles
Present participle	vaktande
Past participle	vaktad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• vakta in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• vakat