Feminine
Meaning
- (feminine) wake, vigil
- (feminine) watch, sentry, guard duty
- (feminine) watch, guard (group of people perfoming such duty)
- (feminine) guard station, guardhouse
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of Polizeiwache: police station
Concepts
duty period
police-station
previous day
being on the lookout
guardhouses within the city
stand watch
Watch system
Synonyms
Wachmannschaft
Wachtposten
Wachdienst
Wächterin
Gardist
Polizeidienststelle
Wachhaus
Schwertgriff
Security Service
Vorsichtsmaßregel
erdacht
Wachleute
Zwischenbau
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
schmiiri
Basel-Landschaft
wach
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvaxə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German wache, from Old High German wacha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku. Cognate with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German wāke, English wake.
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