växa
See also: vaxa
Contents
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-, cognate with wax (of the moon).
PronunciationEdit
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VerbEdit
växa (present växer, preterite växte, supine växt, vuxit, imperative väx)
- grow; increase in size
- kyrkan och kungens makt växte i betydelse
- the church and the power of the king grew in significance
- grow; sprout
- 1891, Selma Lögerlöf, “23, Patron Julius [23, Squire Julius]”, in Gösta Berlings Saga [Gösta Berling's Saga][1] (fiction, in Swedish), Frithiof Hellbergs förlag, →ISBN, OCLC 606362161, page 276:
- Längs vägen vuxo prästkragar och sötblomster och gökärter.
- Along the way grew daisies and camomiles and bitter vetches.
Usage notesEdit
- Similar to English grew/growed, there are traces of a strong conjugation (växa, --, vuxit) besides the more common weak one (växa, växte, växt). The strong singular past tense (originally vox) is never seen, but there is an obsolete plural past tense vuxo and a subjunctive vuxe.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of växa (weak)
Conjugation of växa (strong)