Wache
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]Wache f (genitive Wache, plural Wachen)
- wake, vigil
- Synonym: (poetic) Wacht
- watch, sentry, guard duty
- Synonyms: Bewachung, Wachdienst, (poetic) Wacht
- watch, guard (group of people perfoming such duty)
- Synonyms: Wachmannschaft, Wachposten, Wachdienst, (poetic) Wacht
- guard station, guardhouse
- Synonyms: Wachposten, Wachlokal, Wachstube
- Short for Polizeiwache: police station
- Synonyms: Dienststelle, (informal) Revier
Declension
[edit]Declension of Wache [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]- Hauptwache
- Küstenwache
- Mahnwache
- Nachtwache
- Polizeiwache
- Schildwache
- Totenwache
- Wachestehen
- wachestehend
- wachhabend
Related terms
[edit]- wach
- Wachebeamter, Wachbeamter
- Wachdienst
- wachen
- Wachmann
- wachsam
- Wachsoldat
- Wachstube
- Wacht
- Wächter
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Wache f
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- German 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:German/aχə
- Rhymes:German/aχə/2 syllables
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