erwachen - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Middle High German erwachen, from Old High German irwahhēn, urwahhēn. Equivalent to er- + wachen.
erwachen (weak, third-person singular present erwacht, past tense erwachte, past participle erwacht, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to awake (also figuratively)
1915, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis:
Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
- As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.