växa
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See also: vaxa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish væxa, from Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-, cognate with wax (of the moon).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]växa (present växer, preterite växte, supine vuxit or växt, imperative väx)
- grow; increase in size
- kyrkan och kungens makt växte i betydelse
- the church and the power of the king grew in significance
- grow; sprout
- 1891, Selma Lögerlöf, “23, Patron Julius [23, Squire Julius]”, in Gösta Berlings Saga [Gösta Berling's Saga][1] (fiction), Frithiof Hellbergs förlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 276:
- Längs vägen vuxo prästkragar och sötblomster och gökärter.
- Along the way grew daisies and camomiles and bitter vetches.
Usage notes
[edit]The strong singular past tense (originally vox) is never seen, but there is an archaic plural past tense vuxo and a subjunctive vuxe. There is also the past participle vuxen, which has taken on a sense of grown-up or adult.
Conjugation
[edit]active | passive | |||
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infinitive | växa | växas | ||
supine | vuxit | vuxits | ||
imperative | väx | — | ||
imper. plural1 | växen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | växer | *vox | växes | *voxs |
ind. plural1 | växa | vuxo | växas | vuxos |
subjunctive2 | växe | vuxe | växes | vuxes |
present participle | växande | |||
past participle | vuxen |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
active | passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | växa | växas | ||
supine | växt | växts | ||
imperative | väx | — | ||
imper. plural1 | växen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | växer | växte | växes | växtes |
ind. plural1 | växa | växte | växas | växtes |
subjunctive2 | växe | växte | växes | växtes |
present participle | växande | |||
past participle | växt |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- växa in Svensk ordbok.
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