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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