wachhalten
German, verb
wachhalten is spelled W-A-C-H-H-A-L-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wachhalten is a German verb meaning “to keep someone awake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wachhalten is a different word: “gerund of wachhalten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “dafür sorgen, dass man sich an etwas/jemanden weiter erinnert”.
What does wachhalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to keep someone awake
- 2
to keep something alive (e.g., a memory)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wachhalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dafür sorgen, dass man sich an etwas/jemanden weiter erinnert
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 wachhalten
- hält wach present singular third-person
- hielt wach past
- wachgehalten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- wachhaltend participle present
- wachzuhalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- halte wach first-person indicative present
- halten wach first-person indicative plural
- hältst wach indicative present second-person
- haltet wach indicative plural present
- haltest wach second-person singular subjunctive
- hielten wach first-person indicative plural
- hielte wach first-person singular subjunctive
- hieltest wach indicative preterite second-person
- hieltst wach indicative preterite second-person
- hieltet wach indicative plural preterite
- halte wach! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is wachhalten in German?
wachhalten appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).