øke
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- auke (Nynorsk also)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse auka, from Proto-Germanic *aukaną. Cognate with Latin augēo (“I increase”).
Verb edit
øke (imperative øk, present tense øker, passive økes, simple past øka or øket or økte, past participle øka or øket or økt, present participle økende)
- to increase
Derived terms edit
References edit
- auka in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.