Wache

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaxə/

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• Rhymes: -aχə
• Hyphenation: Wa‧che

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. Short for Polizeiwache: police station

   Synonyms: Dienststelle, (informal) Revier

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

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaxə/

Wache f

1. plural of Wach