wach

See also: wåch and Wach

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English watch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wat͡ɕ/

Noun

wach (Bengali script ৱাচ)

  1. watch (equipment)

Synonyms

References

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

wach (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

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

German

Etymology

From the noun Wache.

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. awake

Declension

Derived terms

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vax/

Adjective

wach

  1. awake

Further reading

Old Frisian

Ēn wāch. (1.1)
Ēn wāch. (1.2)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaːχ/

Noun

wāch m

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaχ/

Interjection

wach!

  1. woe!

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wach

  1. genitive plural of wacha
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