wach

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Atong (India)

Etymology

From English watch.

Pronunciation

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/,
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • (file)
  • (file)

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

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

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

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