wassen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑsə(n)/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wasschen, from Old Dutch wascan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (water, wet).

Verb

wassen

  1. (transitive) to wash, to clean
Inflection
Inflection of wassen (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive wassen
past singular waste
past participle gewassen
infinitive wassen
gerund wassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular waswaste
2nd person sing. (jij) wastwaste
2nd person sing. (u) wastwaste
2nd person sing. (gij) wastwaste
3rd person singular wastwaste
plural wassenwasten
subjunctive sing.1 wassewaste
subjunctive plur.1 wassenwasten
imperative sing. was
imperative plur.1 wast
participles wassendgewassen
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wassan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (to increase), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (to increase).

Verb

wassen

  1. (intransitive, archaic) to grow, to rise, to increase, to become higher and/or bigger, to wax
    de wassende maan
    the waxing moon
Inflection
Inflection of wassen (strong class 7)
infinitive wassen
past singular wies
past participle gewassen
infinitive wassen
gerund wassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular waswies
2nd person sing. (jij) wastwies
2nd person sing. (u) wastwies
2nd person sing. (gij) wastwiest
3rd person singular wastwies
plural wassenwiesen
subjunctive sing.1 wassewiese
subjunctive plur.1 wassenwiesen
imperative sing. was
imperative plur.1 wast
participles wassendgewassen
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From was + -en.

Adjective

wassen (not comparable)

  1. made of wax, waxen
Inflection
Inflection of wassen
uninflected wassen
inflected wassen
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. wassen
n. sing. wassen
plural wassen
definite wassen
partitive

Etymology 4

From was + -en.

Verb

wassen

  1. (transitive) to rub wax on
Inflection
Inflection of wassen (weak)
infinitive wassen
past singular waste
past participle gewast
infinitive wassen
gerund wassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular waswaste
2nd person sing. (jij) wastwaste
2nd person sing. (u) wastwaste
2nd person sing. (gij) wastwaste
3rd person singular wastwaste
plural wassenwasten
subjunctive sing.1 wassewaste
subjunctive plur.1 wassenwasten
imperative sing. was
imperative plur.1 wast
participles wassendgewast
1) Archaic.

Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsaną.

Verb

wassen

  1. to wax, grow

Conjugation


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wassan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (to increase), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (to increase).

Verb

wassen

  1. to grow, to wax
  2. to increase

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • wassen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • wassen (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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