vaska

See also: väska and vaskā

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaska/
• Rhymes: -aska
• Hyphenation: vas‧ka

Adjective

vaska (accusative singular vaskan, plural vaskaj, accusative plural vaskajn)

1. Basque (of or pertaining to the Basque people)

Synonyms

• eŭska

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

Verb

vaska (third person singular past indicative vaskaði, third person plural past indicative vaskaðu, supine vaskað)

1. to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaska (group v-30)

infinitive	vaska
supine	vaskað
	present	past
first singular	vaski	vaskaði
second singular	vaskar	vaskaði
third singular	vaskar	vaskaði
plural	vaska	vaskaðu
participle (a6)1	vaskandi	vaskaður
	imperative
singular	vaska!
plural	vaskið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

• vaska upp

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

Verb

vaska

1. to wash

Conjugation

vaska – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að vaska
supine sagnbót		vaskað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		vaskandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	vaska	vaskaði		vaski	vaskaði
	þú	vaskar	vaskaðir		vaskir	vaskaðir
	hann, hún, það	vaskar	vaskaði		vaski	vaskaði
plural	við	vöskum	vöskuðum		vöskum	vöskuðum
	þið	vaskið	vöskuðuð		vaskið	vöskuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	vaska	vöskuðu		vaski	vöskuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	vaska (þú), vaskaðu
plural	þið	vaskið (þið), vaskiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vaskast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að vaskast
supine sagnbót		vaskast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		vaskandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	vaskast	vaskaðist		vaskist	vaskaðist
	þú	vaskast	vaskaðist		vaskist	vaskaðist
	hann, hún, það	vaskast	vaskaðist		vaskist	vaskaðist
plural	við	vöskumst	vöskuðumst		vöskumst	vöskuðumst
	þið	vaskist	vöskuðust		vaskist	vöskuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	vaskast	vöskuðust		vaskist	vöskuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	vaskast (þú), vaskastu
plural	þið	vaskist (þið), vaskisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vaskaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vaskaður	vöskuð	vaskað	vaskaðir	vaskaðar	vöskuð
accusative (þolfall)	vaskaðan	vaskaða	vaskað	vaskaða	vaskaðar	vöskuð
dative (þágufall)	vöskuðum	vaskaðri	vöskuðu	vöskuðum	vöskuðum	vöskuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	vaskaðs	vaskaðrar	vaskaðs	vaskaðra	vaskaðra	vaskaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vaskaði	vaskaða	vaskaða	vöskuðu	vöskuðu	vöskuðu
accusative (þolfall)	vaskaða	vöskuðu	vaskaða	vöskuðu	vöskuðu	vöskuðu
dative (þágufall)	vaskaða	vöskuðu	vaskaða	vöskuðu	vöskuðu	vöskuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	vaskaða	vöskuðu	vaskaða	vöskuðu	vöskuðu	vöskuðu

Derived terms

• vaska upp

Etymology 2

Noun

vaska

1. inflection of vaskur:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

Latvian

Noun

vaska m

1. genitive singular of vasks

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vasket

Verb

vaska

1. simple past of vaske
2. past participle of vaske

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vaske

Etymology

From Old Norse vaska.

Verb

vaska (present tense vaskar, past tense vaska, past participle vaska, passive infinitive vaskast, present participle vaskande, imperative vaska/vask)

1. to wash (something, someone, oneself (reflexive))

Derived terms

• utvasking
• uvaska
• vaskbar
• vaskebrett
• vaskemaskin
• vaskemiddel
• vaskepulver
• vaskeri

Descendants

• Russenorsk: vaskom

References

• “vaska” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”). Compare Old English wascan, Old Frisian waska, Old Saxon waskan, Old High German wascan, waskan.

Verb

vaska (singular past indicative vaskaði, plural past indicative vǫskuðu, past participle vaskaðr)

1. to wash

Descendants

• Danish: vaske
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vaske
• Faroese: vaska
• Icelandic: vaska
• Swedish: vaska
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vaske, vaska
  • Russenorsk: vaskom

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vaska”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

Verb

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)

1. to wash

   Synonyms: tvätta, diska, rengöra, byka

2. to separate gold from dirt and sand with a pan

   Har du någonsin vaskat guld?

   Have you ever washed gold?

3. (informal) to get at valuable items or thoughts from an abundance of less interesting material

   Har du lyckats vaska fram något om den misstänkte?

   Have you been able to find something about the suspect (from all information available)?

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaska (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	vaska		vaskas
supine	vaskat		vaskats
imperative	vaska		—
imper. plural1	vasken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vaskar	vaskade	vaskas	vaskades
ind. plural1	vaska	vaskade	vaskas	vaskades
subjunctive2	vaske	vaskade	vaskes	vaskades
present participle		vaskande
past participle		vaskad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

From vask (“a sink”) +‎ -a.

Verb

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)

1. (slang) to buy (expensive) champagne (at a restaurant) and pour it (or have it poured) down the drain (to flaunt wealth)
2. (slang, by extension) to buy anything and deliberately destroy it (to flaunt wealth)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaska (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	vaska		vaskas
supine	vaskat		vaskats
imperative	vaska		—
imper. plural1	vasken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vaskar	vaskade	vaskas	vaskades
ind. plural1	vaska	vaskade	vaskas	vaskades
subjunctive2	vaske	vaskade	vaskes	vaskades
present participle		vaskande
past participle		vaskad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• stekare (“member of the upper class with flashy lifestyle”)

References

• vaska in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vaska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vaska in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Further reading

• Sinking (behavior) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• skava, vakas