wach

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See also: wåch and Wach

Atong (India)[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English watch.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

wach (Bengali script ৱাচ)

  1. watch (equipment)

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Bavarian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German weich, Old High German weih, from Proto-West Germanic *waikw, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Cognate with German weich, Hunsrik weuch, Old Norse veikr (soft, tender), Old Saxon wēk, Old English wāc, Dutch week, English weak.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vɑːx/
  • Hyphenation: wach

Adjective[edit]

wach (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

  1. soft, mellow
  2. (of a person) stupid, dopey, stoned

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the noun Wache.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vax/, [vaχ]
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • (file)
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

wach (strong nominative masculine singular wacher, comparative wacher, superlative am wachsten)

  1. awake

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Further reading[edit]

  • wach” in Duden online
  • wach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

wach

  1. awake

Further reading[edit]

Old Frisian[edit]

Ēn wāch. (1.1)
Ēn wāch. (1.2)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *waigaz. Cognates include Old English wāg and Old Saxon wēg.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

wāch m

  1. wall
  2. (anatomy) abdominal wall
Descendants[edit]
  • Saterland Frisian: Wooge

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *wai. Cognates include Old English and Old Saxon wah.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

wach!

  1. woe!

References[edit]

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

wach

  1. genitive plural of wacha