Nachtwache

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German nahtwache, from Old High German nahtwahha, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtwaku. Equivalent to Nacht +‎ Wache. Cognate with Dutch nachtwake and Old English nihtwacu. Also related to Dutch nachtwacht and West Frisian nachtwacht (compare Nachtwacht), and English nightwatch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnaxtˌvaxə] Hyphenation: Nacht‧wa‧che === Noun === Nachtwache f (genitive Nachtwache, plural Nachtwachen) night watch ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Nachtwacht, Nachtwächter === Further reading === “Nachtwache” in Duden online “Nachtwache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Nachtwache” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon