wachen

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See also: Wachen

German

Etymology

From Old High German wahhēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaχən/, [ˈvaχn̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -axən
  • Hyphenation: wa‧chen

Verb

wachen (weak, third-person singular present wacht, past tense wachte, past participle gewacht, auxiliary sein)

  1. to be awake
  2. to watch, to guard

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • wachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • wachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • wachen” in Duden online
  • wachen” in OpenThesaurus.de