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erwachen — meaning in English

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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.
  • awakening noun The act or moment of waking up, or of suddenly becoming aware of something.
  • 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

erwachen 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.
  • awakening The act of becoming aware of something.
  • 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.

awake — full definition

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

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