waakse

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian waxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb

waakse

  1. to increase, to grow

Inflection

Strong class 6
infinitive waakse
3rd singular past woeks
past participle woeksen
infinitive waakse
long infinitive waaksen
gerund waaksen n
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular waaks woeks
2nd singular waakst woekst
3rd singular waakst woeks
plural waakse woeksen
imperative waaks
participles waaksend woeksen

Derived terms

Further reading

  • waakse”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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