wassen

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑsə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑsən

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

wassen

1. (transitive) to wash, to clean

• afwassen
• bewassen
• verwassen
• wasbeurt
• wasgelegenheid
• wasmachine
• waswater

• Afrikaans: was
• Berbice Creole Dutch: wasi
• Negerhollands: wasch, was
• Skepi Creole Dutch: was
• →? Sranan Tongo: wasi
  • → Aukan: wasi
  • → Saramaccan: wási

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

wassen

1. (intransitive, archaic) to grow, to rise, to increase, to become higher and/or bigger, to wax

   de wassende maan

   the waxing moon

• bewassen
• gewas
• verwassen
• volwassen
• wasdom
• wassenaar

From was +‎ -en.

wassen (not comparable)

1. made of wax, waxen

From was +‎ -en.

wassen

1. (transitive) to rub wax on

• bewassen
• verwassen

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

wassen

1. to wax, grow

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

wassen

1. to grow, to wax
2. to increase

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: wassen

• “wassen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wassen (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III