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wake

What is the past tense of wake?

The past tense of wake is woke, and the past participle is woken.

Wake is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of wake

as a noun

base
wake
plural
wakes

as a verb

base
wake
past tense
woke
past participle
woken
present participle
waking
third-person singular
wakes