vokse

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish waxæ, from Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb

vokse

  1. to grow

Etymology 2

From voks + -e.

Verb

vokse

  1. to wax

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaxa.

Verb

vokse (imperative voks, present tense vokser, simple past vokste, past participle vokst, present participle voksende)

  1. to grow (get bigger)
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From the noun voks.

Verb

vokse (imperative voks, present tense vokser, simple past and past participle voksa or vokset, present participle voksende)

  1. to wax (something: with wax)
Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the noun voks

Verb

vokse (present tense voksar, past tense voksa, past participle voksa, passive infinitive voksast, present participle voksande, imperative voks/vokse)

  1. to wax (apply wax to something)

Derived terms

References

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