wacht

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑxt/

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• Hyphenation: wacht
• Rhymes: -ɑxt

From Middle Dutch wachte, from Old Dutch wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

wacht f (plural wachten, diminutive wachtje n)

1. A guard-post.
2. (only, definitive) The function, duty of standing guard.
3. A body of guards.

   Synonym: garde

4. A single guard.
5. A turn of guard duty or of other supervision.

-types and functions of guards

• Afrikaans: wag
• Negerhollands: wacht, wach, wak, wagt

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wacht

1. inflection of wachten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

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wacht

1. inflection of wachen:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. plural imperative

wacht

1. inflection of wachten:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   3. singular/plural imperative