See also: Wachen

German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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