wach

See also: wåch and Wach

English

Noun

wach (plural waches)

  1. Misspelling of watch.

Verb

wach (third-person singular simple present waches, present participle waching, simple past and past participle wached or (nonstandard) wacht or (nonstandard) wachted)

  1. Misspelling of watch.

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English watch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wat͡ɕ/

Noun

wach (Bengali script ৱাচ)

  1. watch (equipment)

Synonyms

References

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German weich, Old High German weih, from Proto-West Germanic *waikw, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Cognate with German weich, Hunsrik weuch, Old Norse veikr (soft, tender), Old Saxon wēk, Old English wāc, Dutch week, English weak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑːx/
  • Hyphenation: wach

Adjective

wach (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

  1. soft, mellow
  2. (of a person) stupid, dopey, stoned

German

Etymology

From the noun Wache.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vax/, [vaχ]
  • Rhymes: -ax
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Adjective

wach (strong nominative masculine singular wacher, comparative wacher, superlative am wachsten)

  1. awake

Declension

Derived terms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • wach” in Duden online
  • wach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vax/

Adjective

wach

  1. awake

Further reading

Old Frisian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *waigaz. Cognates include Old English wāg and Old Saxon wēg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaːχ/

Noun

wāch m

  1. wall
  2. (anatomy) abdominal wall
Descendants
  • Saterland Frisian: Wooge

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wai. Cognates include Old English and Old Saxon wah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaχ/

Interjection

wach!

  1. woe!

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: wach

Noun

wach

  1. genitive plural of wacha

Unami

Etymology

Borrowed from English watch.

Noun

wach inan (plural *wacha)

  1. watch (device for telling time)
    Nkuli wach òk sukahëlas.
    A golden watch and chain.

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “wach”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project