vokse
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Danish waxæ, from Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsaną, cognate with Swedish växa, English wax (poetic), German wachsen, Dutch wassen. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, *h₂weg-, which is also the source of Latin augeō, Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō), and Danish øge.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
vokse (past tense voksede, past participle vokset)
- (intransitive) to grow
- (reflexive) to grow into, become
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “vokse,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2[edit]
Derived from the noun voks (“wax”).
Verb[edit]
vokse (past tense voksede, past participle vokset)
- to wax
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “vokse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Danish vokse, from Old Norse vaxa.
Verb[edit]
vokse (imperative voks, present tense vokser, simple past vokste, past participle vokst, present participle voksende)
- to grow (get bigger)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From the noun voks.
Verb[edit]
vokse (imperative voks, present tense vokser, simple past and past participle voksa or vokset, present participle voksende)
- to wax (something: with wax)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- voks (wax)
References[edit]
- “vokse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the noun voks.
Verb[edit]
vokse (present tense voksar, past tense voksa, past participle voksa, passive infinitive voksast, present participle voksande, imperative vokse/voks)
- to wax (apply wax to something)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “vokse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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