Where do the following German words come from? Hi there dear italki community, At the moment i'm studying German, and while i was busy writing everything down i've learned so far, i came across the subject of clock watching. I was testing my vocabulary of clock watching, and i totally forgot what a watch means in German. The same goes for digital watch and a clock. So basically the following words are in German: Clock = Glocke Watch = Beobachten Digital clock = Digitaluhr Correct this if needed! Now i can understand both Glocke and Digitaluhr. But where does 'Beobachten' come from? It doesn't even sound like a watch or the Dutch 'horloge'. Why is that and where does it come from? To close this sucbject, i want to ask an other question as well. Is it allowed in German to say for example 'Es ist acht Stunden' instead of 'Es ist acht Uhr'? Because normally you would use 'Uhr' instead of 'Stunden'. Stunden is used when to describe for example how much hours it would take to cook a specific dish. Or am i wrong? Thanks in regards!