vokse

From 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.

• IPA^(key): /vɔksə/, [ˈʋʌɡ̊sə]

vokse (past tense voksede, past participle vokset)

1. (intransitive) to grow
2. (reflexive) to grow into, become

• “vokse,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Derived from the noun voks (“wax”).

vokse (past tense voksede, past participle vokset)

1. to wax

• voksning

• “vokse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Danish vokse, from Old Norse vaxa.

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

1. to grow (get bigger)

• kortvokst
• penger vokser ikke på trær
• viltvoksende

• veksa, vekse (Nynorsk)

From the noun voks.

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

1. to wax (something: with wax)

• voksing

• voks (wax)

• “vokse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• voksa

From the noun voks.

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

1. to wax (apply wax to something)

• voksing

• voks

• “vokse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.