Wacht

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

• IPA^(key): /vaxt/

Wacht f (genitive Wacht, plural Wachten)

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

   auf Wacht sein ― to be on watch

• 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.

• Wächter

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

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

Wacht f (plural Wajchta)

1. guard, guard duty, watch, vigil