waakse

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian waxa, from Proto-West Germanic *wahsan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːksə/

Verb

waakse

1. to increase, to grow

Inflection

Strong class 6
infinitive	waakse
3rd singular past	woeks
past participle	woeksen
infinitive	waakse
long infinitive	waaksen
gerund	waaksen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	waaks	woeks
2nd singular	waakst	woekst
clitic form	waaksto	woeksto
3rd singular	waakst	woeks
plural	waakse	woeksen
imperative	waaks
participles	waaksend	woeksen

Derived terms

• folwoeksen

Further reading

• “waakse”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011