Aufwachen — meaning in English

English meaning

• arousal noun The state of being stimulated or excited, whether emotionally, mentally, or sexually.
• awake adj Not asleep; conscious.
• awaken verb To cause to become awake.
• rouse verb To wake someone up, or to stir them out of inactivity.
• wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

Senses

Aufwachen is used for these senses in English:

• arousal Arousal from sleep or hibernation.
• awake (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
• awake (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
• awake (transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
• rouse (obsolete) To raise; to make erect.
• wake (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
• wake up (intransitive) To stop sleeping; to awake.
• wake up (intransitive) To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.

awake — full definition

1. adj Not asleep; conscious.
2. verb To stop sleeping, or to wake someone else up.

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