vakt

• vaft m
• vaht m
• vâkth m (Gheg)

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

• vakt m (plural vakte, definite vakti, definite plural vaktet)^[1][2][3]
• vâkth m (plural vâkthe, definite vâkthi, definite plural vâkthet) (Gheg)

1. (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...

2. leisure(time), pause, resting, break (bedtime, sleeptime)
3. meal(time), repast (time when eating; breakfast, mealtime, lunch, dinner, supper)

   Synonyms: haje, drekë, darkë, mëngjes, ushqim

4. good condition, lucky position/situation; (afford)ability; fortune, fate

   Synonyms: gjendje; përballueshmërinë, aftësi; fat

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

IPA^(key): [ˈʋɑɡ̊d̥]

• Homophone: vagt

vakt

1. past participle of vække

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

• IPA^(key): /vaʰkt/
• Rhymes: -ʰkt

vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, plural vaktir)

1. guard
2. watch

• vaktarmaður m
• vaktarskifti n

• IPA^(key): /vaxt/
• Rhymes: -axt

vakt f (genitive singular vaktar, nominative plural vaktir)

1. shift, watch
2. guard

From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

vakt f or m (definite singular vakta or vakten, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)

1. a guard (person)

   stå vakt - stand guard

2. a watch (period of duty; time period)

   holde vakt - keep watch

• vekka, vekket, vekt

vakt

1. past participle of vekke

• “vakt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German wacht, wachte.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑkt/

vakt f (definite singular vakta, indefinite plural vakter, definite plural vaktene)

1. a guard (person)
2. a watch (period of duty; time period)

vakt

1. imperative of vakta

vakt

1. (non-standard since 1938) supine of vekkja

vakt (definite singular and plural vakte)

1. (non-standard since 1938) past participle of vekkja

vakt (indefinite singular vakt, definite singular and plural vakte)

1. (Religion) having spiritually awakened, e.g. born-again (in certain Christian denominations)

• “vakt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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vakt c

1. a guard

   Nisse är en vakt

   Nisse is a guard

2. watch, guard (keeping guard/watch)

   Stig håller vakt medan vi rånar juvelerarbutiken

   Stig keeps watch while we rob the jewelry store

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

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

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