Totenwache — meaning in English
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English meaning
- wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.
Senses
Totenwache is used for these senses in English:
- deathwatch A vigil beside a dying person
- wake A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
wake — full definition
- verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.
- noun A gathering held before or after a funeral to remember the person who died.
- noun The trail of disturbed water left behind a moving boat, or turbulence left behind anything moving through air or water.