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wahsen

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈwaxs̠ən/

Verb

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wahsen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present wehset, past tense wuohs, past participle gewahsen, past subjunctive wüehse, auxiliary sīn)

  1. to grow
    Er wuohs manlîch starc.He grew up manly strong.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “wahsen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel