Wach

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See also: wach and wåch

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From Polish Wach.

Proper noun[edit]

Wach (plural Wachs)

  1. A surname from Polish.

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle High German wache, from Old High German wahha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku, from Proto-Germanic *wakō.[1]

Cognate with German Wache.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Hyphenation: Wach

Noun[edit]

Wach f (nominative plural Wache)

  1. vigil (an instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Wach
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative die Wach die Wache
dative där/de Wach den/de Wache

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Wach”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 170

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From truncation of personal names beginning with Wa- (e.g. Wacław and Wawrzyniec) + -ch.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Wach m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension[edit]

Declension of Wach
singular plural
nominative Wach Wachowie
genitive Wacha Wachów
dative Wachowi Wachom
accusative Wacha Wachów
instrumental Wachem Wachami
locative Wachu Wachach
vocative Wachu Wachowie

Proper noun[edit]

Wach f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity‎[2], page 261
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading[edit]

  • “Wach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
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