guetter

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Meaning

to watch (intently), to watch for, to lie in wait
to await in order to seize
to menace, to loom (to appear in a threatening form)

watch

keep an eye on

lie in wait

stalk

spy on

watch for

look out for

keep watch

lie in wait for

observe

be on the look-out for

look-out

sneak

await

watch over

listen

lie in ambush wait

guard

look after

mind

supervise

spy

behold

look

see

view

look closely

spot

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɛ.te/

Inherited from Old French gaitier, guaitier, from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”). Compare English wait, ultimately from the same origin through an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.