wachtet

Wachtet is a German word form that appears primarily as a verb form rather than as a standalone noun. It is the second-person plural simple past tense (Präteritum) of the verb wachen. In standard German, wachen can mean to be awake or to watch/guard. The form ihr wachtet translates roughly as “you all watched” or, in the sense of wakefulness, “you all were awake.” In modern usage this past-tense form is relatively rare in everyday speech and more commonly found in historical writings, poetry, or dialects. The present second-person plural form is wachtet, and the imperative for addressing a group is Wachet!

Apart from its grammatical role, Wachtet can appear as a proper noun in fictional or stylistic contexts, used as the name of a group, place, or organization. Such uses are not standardized and there is no widely recognized real-world entity named Wachtet.

Etymology: derived from wachen, with the ordinary past-tense suffix for the second-person plural in older or more formal varieties of German.