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wacht

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋɑxt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wacht
  • Rhymes: -ɑxt

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch wachte, from Old Dutch wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

Noun

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wacht f (plural wachten, diminutive wachtje n)

  1. the function, duty of standing guard; a watch or vigil
  2. a guard-post
  3. a body of guards
    Synonym: garde
  4. a single guard
    Synonym: wachter
Derived terms
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types or functions of guards
Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: wag
  • Negerhollands: wacht, wach, wak, wagt

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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wacht

  1. inflection of wachten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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wacht

  1. inflection of wachen:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative

Middle Dutch

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Verb

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wacht

  1. inflection of wachten:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    3. singular/plural imperative