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.