Wake

"Wake" in German

Kielwasser

(path left behind a ship on the surface of the water)

Leichenschmaus

(period after death)

Nachlauf

(turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft)

Totenwache

(period after death)

aufwachen

(to stop sleeping)

aufwecken

(to make somebody stop sleeping)

erwachen

(to stop sleeping)

wecken

(to make somebody stop sleeping)

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