Wach

See also: wach and wåch

English

Etymology

From Polish Wach.

Proper noun

Wach (plural Wachs)

1. A surname from Polish.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• WHCA, chaw

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German wache, from Old High German wahha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku, from Proto-Germanic *wakō.

Cognate with German Wache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vax/
• Rhymes: -ax
• Hyphenation: Wach

Noun

Wach f (plural Wache)

1. vigil (an instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours)

Related terms

• wach
• wache

 

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of names beginning with Wa- (e.g. Wacław and Wawrzyniec) + -ch.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈvax/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈvax/

• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: Wach

Proper noun

Wach m pers (female equivalent Wachowa)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Wach

	singular	plural
nominative	Wach	Wachowie
genitive	Wacha	Wachów
dative	Wachowi	Wachom
accusative	Wacha	Wachów
instrumental	Wachem	Wachami
locative	Wachu	Wachach
vocative	Wachu	Wachowie

Proper noun

Wach f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Wach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
• Józef Bliziński (1860) “Wach”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 632
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “Wach”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 278