wahsen
Middle High German
editEtymology
editInherited from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną.
Verb
editwahsen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present wehset, past tense wuohs, past participle gewahsen, past subjunctive wüehse, auxiliary sîn)
- to grow
- Er wuohs manlîch starc. ― He grew up manly strong.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | wahsen | ||||
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genitive gerund | wahsennes wahsenes | ||||
dative gerund | wahsenne wahsene | ||||
present participle | wahsende | ||||
past participle | gewahsen | ||||
auxiliary | sîn | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wahse | wir wahsen | i | ich wahse | wir wahsen |
du wehsest | ir wahset | du wahsest | ir wahset | ||
ër wehset | sie wahsent | ër wahse | sie wahsen | ||
preterite | ich wuohs | wir wuohsen | ii | ich wüehse | wir wüehsen |
du wüehse | ir wuohset | du wüehsest | ir wüehset | ||
ër wuohs | sie wuohsen | ër wüehse | sie wüehsen | ||
imperative | wahs (du) | wahset (ir) |
Descendants
edit- Central Franconian: wahße, wahsse, waße, waaße (alternative spellings); wase (Dutch-based spelling); wohße (some dialects of Moselle Franconian), wohße, wohsse, woße
- Hunsrik: wachse
- Cimbrian: baksan
- German: wachsen
- Luxembourgish: wuessen
- Yiddish: וואַקסן (vaksn)
References
edit- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “wahsen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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- Middle High German class 6 strong verbs
- Middle High German verbs using sîn as auxiliary
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