night watch

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From Middle English nightwacche, nyȝt-wacche, nyghte wacche, nyȝt wacche, from Old English nihtwæċċe, a variant of nihtwacu (“nightwatch”), equivalent to night + watch. Cognate with West Frisian nachtwacht (“nightwatch”), Dutch nachtwacht, nachtwake (“nightwatch”), German Nachtwache (“nightwatch”) and Nachtwächter (“night watchman”), Swedish nattvakt (“nightwatch”), Icelandic næturvakt (“nightwatch”).

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нощно дежурство (noštno dežurstvo) — watch kept during the night
• Catalan: imaginària — watch kept during the night
• Czech: noční hlídka — watch kept during the night
• Finnish: yövartio — watch kept during the night
• Norwegian Bokmål: nattvakt — watch kept during the night
• Serbo-Croatian: ноћна стража (noćna straža) — watch kept during the night
• Spanish: imaginaria — watch kept during the night
• Turkish: gece nöbeti — watch kept during the night
• Bulgarian: нощна стража (noštna straža) — guards on such a watch
• Catalan: imaginària — guards on such a watch
• Czech: noční hlídka — guards on such a watch
• Finnish: yövartio — guards on such a watch
• Serbo-Croatian: ноћни стражар (noćni stražar) — guards on such a watch
• Spanish: imaginaria — guards on such a watch
• Turkish: gece bekçisi — guards on such a watch