Wache

Meaning

  1. (feminine) wake, vigil
  2. (feminine) watch, sentry, guard duty
  3. (feminine) watch, guard (group of people perfoming such duty)
  4. (feminine) guard station, guardhouse
  5. (abbreviation,alt-of,feminine) Short for Polizeiwache: police station

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
Wa‧che
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvaxə/
Etymology

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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