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Wächter

German, noun/ˈvɛçtɐ/

Wächter is a German masculine noun meaning “guard (person who guards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die etwas oder jemanden bewacht”.

What does Wächter mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineguard (person who guards)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Person, die etwas oder jemanden bewacht 2. technische Einrichtung, die eine Messgröße überwacht

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 Wächter

  • Wächters genitive
  • Wächterlein diminutive neuter
  • Wächterin feminine
  • Wächtern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Wächter?

  • /ˈvɛçtɐ/
  • [ˈvɛçtɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Wächter

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Wächter in German?

Wächter appears 5.2 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).