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 (Germany):

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• 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

• Hauptwache
• Küstenwache
• Mahnwache
• Nachtwache
• Polizeiwache
• Schildwache
• Totenwache
• Wachestehen
• wachestehend
• wachhabend

Related terms

• wach
• Wachdienst
• Wachebeamter, Wachbeamter
• wachen
• Wachmann
• wachsam
• Wachsoldat
• Wachstube
• Wacht
• Wächter

Descendants

• → Kashubian: wacha
• → Polish: odwach
  • → Lithuanian: ãdvokas

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