Wache

See also: wache and wachę

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wache, from Old High German wacha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku. Cognate with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German wāke, English wake.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaxə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aχə
  • Hyphenation: Wa‧che

Noun

Wache f (genitive Wache, plural Wachen)

  1. wake, vigil
    Synonym: (poetic) Wacht
  2. watch, sentry, guard duty
    Synonyms: Bewachung, Wachdienst, (poetic) Wacht
  3. watch, guard (group of people perfoming such duty)
    Synonyms: Wachmannschaft, Wachposten, Wachdienst, (poetic) Wacht
  4. guard station, guardhouse
    Synonyms: Wachposten, Wachlokal, Wachstube
  5. ellipsis of Polizeiwache: police station
    Synonyms: Dienststelle, (informal) Revier

Declension

Declension of Wache [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wache die Wachen
genitive einer der Wache der Wachen
dative einer der Wache den Wachen
accusative eine die Wache die Wachen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: wacha
  • → Polish: odwach

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaxə/
  • Rhymes: -axə
  • Syllabification: Wa‧che

Noun

Wache f

  1. plural of Wach
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