voksen

Danish

Etymology

From an archaic inflection of the past participle to vokse (“to grow”), compare Old Norse vaxinn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vʌksœn/
  • Rhymes: -œn

Adjective

voksen

  1. adult, grown-up
  2. full-grown

Inflection
Inflection of voksen
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular voksen — —2
Neuter singular voksent — —2
Plural voksne — —2
Definite attributive1 voksne — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaxinn

Adjective

voksen (neuter singular voksent, definite singular and plural voksne)

  1. adult, fully grown, grown-up

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

voksen m, n

  1. definite masculine singular of voks

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

voksen m, n

  1. definite masculine singular of voks
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