Wachturm
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- watchtower
Etymology
Compound from German wachen (watch, wake) + German Turm (tower, spire, steeple).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Turm
Gloss
tower, spire, steeple
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
🗼
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- turrem Latin
- turris Latin
- Aussichtsturm German
- Eiffelturm German
- Elfenbeinturm German
- Fallturm German
- Feuerturm German
- Fährturm German
- Glockenturm German
- Kirchturm German
- Kühlturm German
- Leuchtturm German
- Pulverturm German
- Sprungturm German
- Turm German
- Turmbauer German
- Turmfalke German
- Turmspitze German
- Turmuhr German
- Uhrenturm German
- Wachzimmer German
- Wasserturm German
- Zwiebelturm German
- aufwachen German
- bewachen German
- durchwachen German
- wachen German
- überwachen German
- torony Hungarian
- turn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- torn Old High German
- wahhēn Old High German
- turmo Ido
- turn Middle High German
- Tuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- torm Lower Sorbian
- tüm Volapük