Wache

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German wache, from Old High German wacha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku. Cognate with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German wāke, English wake. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaxə/ Rhymes: -aχə Hyphenation: Wa‧che === Noun === Wache f (genitive Wache, plural Wachen) wake, vigil Synonym: (poetic) Wacht watch, sentry, guard duty Synonyms: Bewachung, Wachdienst, (poetic) Wacht watch, guard (group of people perfoming such duty) Synonyms: Wachmannschaft, Wachposten, Wachdienst, (poetic) Wacht guard station, guardhouse Synonyms: Wachposten, Wachlokal, Wachstube ellipsis of Polizeiwache: police station Synonyms: Dienststelle, (informal) Revier ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: wacha → Polish: odwach → Lithuanian: ãdvokas === Further reading === “Wache” in Duden online “Wache”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaxə/ Rhymes: -axə Syllabification: Wa‧che === Noun === Wache f plural of Wach