different between wacker vs waker

English

Adjective

wacker

1. comparative form of wack: more wack

Anagrams

• awreck, cawker

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wacker, Old High German wacchar. Cognate with Old English wacor (whence dialectal English waker), Old Norse wakr, Dutch wakker and possibly German Low German wacker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vak?/
• Hyphenation: wa?cker; pre-1996: wak?ker

Adjective

wacker (comparative wackerer, superlative am wackersten) (dated)

1. brave

   Synonyms: mutig, tapfer

2. honest, reputable

   Synonyms: rechtschaffen, ehrlich, anständig, redlich
3. efficient

   Synonym: tüchtig

4. alert, vigilant, waker

   Synonym: wachsam

References

Further reading

• “wacker” in Duden online
• “wacker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English wakyr, from Old English wacor, waccor (“watchful, vigilant”), from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (“awake, watchful”), equivalent to wake +? -er. Cognate with Scots wakir (“watchful”), Dutch wakker (“awake”), German wacker (“awake, alert, capable, brave”), Swedish vacker (“wakeful, watchful, fair, comely”).

Adjective

waker (comparative more waker, superlative most waker)

1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Watchful; vigilant; alert.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wakere, equivalent to wake +? -er. Compare West Frisian wekker (“alarm clock”, literally “waker”), Dutch wekker, German Wecker, Danish vækkeur.

Noun

waker (plural wakers)

1. One who wakens or arouses from sleep.
2. One who wakes somebody or something.

Derived terms

• waker-upper

Anagrams

• kewra, wrake, wreak