/vɔksə/, [ˈʋʌɡ̊sə]
OprindelseFrom 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.
- intransitiveto grow
- reflexiveto grow into, become
- to wax
Formervoksede(past) · vokset(participle, past) · vokser(active, present) · vokses(passive, present) · voksede(active, past) · voksedes(passive, past) · vokse(active, infinitive) · vokses(infinitive, passive) · voks(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · voksende(participle, present) · auxiliary verb have(participle, past) · voksen(gerund, participle)