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German

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Etymology

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    From Middle High German wachēn, from Old High German wahhēn, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną. Cognate to English wake.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈvaχən/, [ˈvaχn̩]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -axən
    • Hyphenation: wa‧chen

    Verb

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    wachen (weak, third-person singular present wacht, past tense wachte, past participle gewacht, auxiliary sein)

    1. to be awake
    2. to watch, to guard

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • wachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • wachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • wachen” in Duden online
    • wachen” in OpenThesaurus.de