# vakt
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* vaft m
* vaht m
* vâkth m (Gheg)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وقت (vakt), from Arabic وَقْت (waqt).(Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Noun

* vakt m (plural vakte, definite vakti, definite plural vaktet)
* vâkth m (plural vâkthe, definite vâkthi, definite plural vâkthet) (Gheg)
* (obsolete, dialect) time, period, moment, era; age (when associated with a person and stage of life)
    Synonyms: kohë, moshë, periudhë, nge; vitet, vërsë
    S'kam vakt për...I have no time for...
    Vakti për...The time to... ~ The age for...
* leisure(time), pause, resting, break (bedtime, sleeptime)
* meal(time), repast (time when eating; breakfast, mealtime, lunch, dinner, supper)
    Synonyms: haje, drekë, darkë, mëngjes, ushqim
* good condition, lucky position/situation; (afford)ability; fortune, fate
    Synonyms: gjendje; përballueshmërinë, aftësi; fat

#### Further reading

* noun vakt (def./sg. vakti; indef./pl. vakte; def./pl. vaktet) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

### References

* ↑ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 601 (vakt)
* ↑ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 168, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
* ↑ Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 616, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN

## Danish
### Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈʋɑɡ̊d̥]
* Homophone: vagt

### Verb

vakt
* past participle of vække

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaʰkt/
* Rhymes: -ʰkt

### Noun

vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, plural vaktir)
* guard
* watch

#### Derived terms

* vaktarmaður m
* vaktarskifti n

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaxt/
* Rhymes: -axt

### Noun

vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, nominative plural vaktir)
* shift, watch
* guard

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “vakt”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

### Further reading

* “vakt” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

#### Noun

vakt f or m (definite singular vakta or vakten, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)
* a guard (person)
    stå vakt - stand guard
* a watch (period of duty; time period)
    holde vakt - keep watch

##### Derived terms

* dørvakt
* kystvakt
* livvakt
* målvakt
* nattvakt
* parkeringsvakt
* sikkerhetsvakt
* vaktmester
* vaktsom

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* vekka, vekket, vekt

#### Verb

vakt
* past participle of vekke

### References

* “vakt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɑkt/

#### Noun

vakt f (definite singular vakta, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)
* a guard (person)
* a watch (period of duty; time period)

##### Derived terms

* badevakt
* barnevakt
* bomvakt
* brannvakt
* dagvakt
* dørvakt
* eksamensvakt
* englevakt
* kystvakt
* livvakt
* målvakt
* parkeringsvakt

#### Verb

vakt
* imperative of vakta

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vakt
* (non-standard since 1938) supine of vekkja

#### Participle

vakt (definite singular and plural vakte)
* (non-standard since 1938) past participle of vekkja

#### Adjective

vakt (indefinite singular vakt, definite singular and plural vakte)
* (Religion) having spiritually awakened, e.g. born-again (in certain Christian denominations)

### References

* “vakt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German wachte, from Old Saxon wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vakt c
* a guard
    Nisse är en vaktNisse is a guard
* watch, guard (keeping guard/watch)
    Stig håller vakt medan vi rånar juvelerarbutikenStig keeps watch while we rob the jewelry store

#### Usage notes

You hold (håller) rather than keep watch in Swedish.

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | vakt | vakts |
| singular | definite | vakten | vaktens |
| plural | indefinite | vakter | vakters |
| plural | definite | vakterna | vakternas |

#### Derived terms

* vakttorn (“watchtower”)
* vara på sin vakt
* änglavakt

### References

* vakt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vakt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vakt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)