See also: wåch and Wach

Atong (India) edit

Etymology edit

From English watch.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

wach (Bengali script ৱাচ)

  1. watch (equipment)

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Bavarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Adjective edit

wach (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

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

German edit

Etymology edit

From the noun Wache.

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. awake

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Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Hunsrik edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

wach

  1. awake

Further reading edit

Old Frisian edit

 
Ēn wāch. (1.1)
 
Ēn wāch. (1.2)

Etymology 1 edit

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

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Noun edit

wāch m

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

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

wach!

  1. woe!

References edit

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

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

wach

  1. genitive plural of wacha