Wach

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See also: wach and wåch

English

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Etymology

From Polish Wach.

Proper noun

Wach (plural Wachs)

  1. A surname from Polish.

Further reading

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German wache, from Old High German wahha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku, from Proto-Germanic *wakō.[1]

Cognate with German Wache.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Hyphenation: Wach

Noun

Wach f (nominative plural Wache)

  1. vigil (an instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours)

Declension

Declension of Wach
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative die Wach die Wache
dative där/de Wach den/de Wache

References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Wach”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 170

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of names beginning with Wa- (e.g. Wacław and Wawrzyniec) + -ch.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: Wach

Proper noun

Wach m pers (female equivalent Wachowa)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Wach
singular plural
nominative Wach Wachowie
genitive Wacha Wachów
dative Wachowi Wachom
accusative Wacha Wachów
instrumental Wachem Wachami
locative Wachu Wachach
vocative Wachu Wachowie

Proper noun

Wach f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

References

  1. ^ Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity‎, page 261
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • “Wach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “Wach”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 632
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “Wach”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 278
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