wachen

A1 Verb frequency rank #5,569

What wachen means

Verb

to be awake
to watch, to guard

Forms

wachen · wacht · wachte · ist gewacht

Pronunciation

wachen in a sentence

Er wacht, während die anderen schlafen.

He is awake while the others sleep.

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wachen is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #5,569 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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