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Wach

See also: wach and wåch

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Polish Wach.

Proper noun edit

Wach (plural Wachs)

  1. A surname from Polish.

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle High German wache, from Old High German wahha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku, from Proto-Germanic *wakō.[1]

Cognate with German Wache.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

Wach f (nominative plural Wache)

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

Declension edit

Declension of Wach
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative die Wach die Wache
dative där/de Wach den/de Wache

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Wach”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 170

Polish edit

Etymology edit

From truncation of personal names beginning with Wa- (e.g. Wacław and Wawrzyniec) + -ch.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Wach m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension edit

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 edit

Wach f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

References edit

  1. ^ Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity‎[2], page 261
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading edit

  • “Wach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
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