wachen
to keep watch
- Past (Präteritum)
- wachte
- Past participle
- gewacht (haben)
Regular weak verb using haben. It denotes the state of being awake or vigilantly observing something. It is often used with the preposition 'über' to describe taking responsibility for the protection or care of people, objects, or abstract concepts like order or justice. Do not confuse with 'wachsen', which is a strong verb meaning to grow and requires the auxiliary sein in the perfect tense along with a stem change to wuchs/gewachsen.
Conjugation
Present
- wacht
- form-of, present, singular, third-person
- wache
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- wachen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- wachst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- wachten
- first-person, form-of, plural, preterite, third-person
- wachte
- first-person, form-of, preterite, singular, third-person
- wachtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- wachtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- wachten
- first-person, form-of, plural, subjunctive-ii, third-person
- wachte
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-ii, third-person
- wache
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wachen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wachest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wachet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wachtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wachtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sei gewacht
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- seien gewacht
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seist gewacht
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest gewacht
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiet gewacht
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäre gewacht
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wären gewacht
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wärst gewacht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest gewacht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärt gewacht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret gewacht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde wachen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden wachen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest wachen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet wachen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde wachen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden wachen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest wachen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet wachen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gewacht sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gewacht sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gewacht sein
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- wacht
- form-of, imperative, plural
- wach
- imperative, second-person, singular
- wache
- imperative, second-person, singular
Participle
- gewacht
- form-of, participle, past
- wachend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- wachen
- infinitive
Other
- Wachen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
- bin gewacht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- sind gewacht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- bist gewacht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- seid gewacht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- ist gewacht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- war gewacht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- waren gewacht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- warst gewacht
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- wart gewacht
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wachen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde wachen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden wachen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst wachen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet wachen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird wachen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gewacht sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gewacht sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gewacht sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gewacht sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gewacht sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gewacht sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person