Wach

== English == === Etymology === From Polish Wach. === Proper noun === Wach (plural Wachs) A surname from Polish. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === WHCA, chaw == Hunsrik == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German wache, from Old High German wahha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku, from Proto-Germanic *wakō. Cognate with German Wache. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vax/ Rhymes: -ax Hyphenation: Wach === Noun === Wach f (plural Wache) vigil (an instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours) ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Polish == === Etymology === Clipping of names beginning with Wa- (e.g. Wacław and Wawrzyniec) + -ch. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ax Syllabification: Wach === Proper noun === Wach m pers a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Wach f (indeclinable, traditional married form Wachowa, traditional unmarried form Wachówna) a female surname === References === === Further reading === “Wach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030 Józef Bliziński (1860), “Wach”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 632 Oskar Kolberg (1867), “Wach”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 278 Władysław Matlakowski (1892), “Wach”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 19