"Vakten"

Translation: The guard

[lekois]

Is it something like "portás" in Hungarian, like the man who watches the monitor of the security cameras (like in school or in a mall), or a man like "éjjeliőr" who guards something at night to prevent robberies (usually in storages)?

[devalanteriel]

It could be either. :)

[Lord_Eilrahc_13]

Does this work to say 'the guard' as a collective rather than just a single guard?

[Arnauti]

It might in some contexts, but normally you'd take it to mean one person.

[Emma306967]

I'm Finnish and I only learned the words väktare and säkerhetsvakt at school. Is it finlanssvenska or are they used in Sweden too?

[Zmrzlina]

They're used, but väktare is only used for a regulated profession of private security guards.

[tinyset]

the bodyguard?

[Arnauti]

… would be livvakten.

[gramphos]

That would be livvakten. Not to be confused with livgardet.

[theredcebuano]

can anyone tell me the difference between en vakt and en polis? I mean, I grew up in the Philippines, mostly using American English and I kind of use both interchangeably.

[m.aster]

I suppose a guard is privately hired, and the police is provided to all under one of the branches of government.

[Eszter-m]

Could you use "soldier" or not?

[devalanteriel]

No, a guard is not synonymous with a soldier in either language.

[ClaudioDomazi]

What's the difference between a guard and a security ?

[AnnaK_Elanor]

Is this a US thing? I'm not sure what's meant by a guard here. Is it some kind of private security guard? I don't think I've ever come across someone referring to just 'a guard' as a job role in UK English.

[JohannDunn]

The guys outside the palace - collectively they are the guard, but each one individually is a guard.

[ambl97]

As in 'security officer'? We don't really use the term 'guard' as a profession in UK English.

Perhaps the dictionary hint could be changed to include a UK translation as well as the US one?

[wcs900]

i type in "Awake"...confused it for Vaken

[Anxiolytic]

Would 'the watch' not also be correct? As in the city watch.

[gramphos]

Yes, it should be.