Wacht

See also: wacht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wahte, from Old High German wahta, from Proto-West Germanic *wahtu, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaxt/

Noun

Wacht f (genitive Wacht, plural Wachten)

1. (higher register, chiefly poetic) Synonym of Wache (“watch, guard, vigilence”)

   auf Wacht sein ― to be on watch

Usage notes

• Wacht is not possible in the sense of “guardhouse, station”.
• The derivatives Wächter and Wachtmeister are not stylistically restricted. Besides these, Bergwacht and Wasserwacht are official names of two organizations within the German Red Cross.

Declension

Declension of Wacht [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wacht	die	Wachten
genitive	einer	der	Wacht	der	Wachten
dative	einer	der	Wacht	den	Wachten
accusative	eine	die	Wacht	die	Wachten

Derived terms

• Wächter

Descendants

• → Russian: вахта (vaxta) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “Wacht” in Duden online
• “Wacht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Noun

Wacht f (plural Wajchta)

1. guard, guard duty, watch, vigil