Wache
German, noun
Wache is spelled W-A-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wache is a German feminine noun meaning “wake, vigil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, wache is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beobachtung von jemandem oder etwas zwecks Kontrolle oder zur Erhöhung der Sicherheit”.
What does Wache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewake, vigil
- 2
femininewatch, sentry, guard duty
- 3
femininewatch, guard (group of people perfoming such duty)
- 4
feminineguard station, guardhouse
- 5
feminineellipsis of Polizeiwache: police station
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beobachtung von jemandem oder etwas zwecks Kontrolle oder zur Erhöhung der Sicherheit 2. Dienststelle der Polizei oder Feuerwehr 3. Kurzform für den Wachdienst oder die Gruppe von Soldaten, die diesen durchführt 4. Person, die etwas bewacht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wache
- Wachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Wache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wache in German?
Wache appears 8.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).