wake up

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	wake up - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." awaken, waken, rouse, wake, arouse reawaken - awaken once again bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around - return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories" call - rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	2.	wake up - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" awake, come alive, wake, waken, awaken, arouse change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" dope off, doze off, drift off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off, drop off - change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures"

Translations

? wake up

vi (lit, fig) → aufwachen; to wake up to something (fig) → sich (dat) → einer Sache (gen) → bewusst werden; I wish he’d wake up to what’s happening → ich wünschte, ihm würde endlich bewusst or aufgehen or klar, was (hier) vor sich geht; he woke up to a new life → ein neues Leben brach für ihn an; wake up and smell the coffee! (esp US inf) → wach endlich auf!

vt sep (lit) → aufwecken; (fig: = rouse from sloth) → wach- or aufrütteln; to wake somebody up to something (fig) → jdm etw klarmachen or bewusst machen or vor Augen führen; to wake one’s ideas up → sich zusammenreißen

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wake up → يَستيقظ probudit vække aufwachen ξυπνώ despertarse herätä se réveiller probuditi se svegliarsi 目が覚める 잠에서 깨다 wakker worden våkne (opp) obudzić się acordar просыпаться vakna ตื่นขึ้น uyanmak thức giấc 醒来