växa
See also: vaxa
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-, cognate with wax (of the moon).
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Verb
växa (present växer, preterite växte, supine vuxit or växt, imperative väx)
- grow; increase in size
- kyrkan och kungens makt växte i betydelse
- the church and the power of the king grew in significance
- grow; sprout
- 1891, Selma Lögerlöf, “23, Patron Julius [23, Squire Julius]”, in Gösta Berlings Saga [Gösta Berling's Saga] (fiction), Frithiof Hellbergs förlag, →ISBN, OCLC 606362161, page 276:
- Längs vägen vuxo prästkragar och sötblomster och gökärter.
- Along the way grew daisies and camomiles and bitter vetches.
-
Usage notes
The strong singular past tense (originally vox) is never seen, but there is an archaic plural past tense vuxo and a subjunctive vuxe. There is also the past participle vuxen, which has taken on a sense of grown-up or adult.
Conjugation
Conjugation of växa (class 6 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | växa | växas | ||
| Supine | vuxit | vuxits | ||
| Imperative | väx | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | växen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | växer | *vox | växes | *voxs |
| Ind. plural1 | växa | vuxo | växas | vuxos |
| Subjunctive2 | växe | vuxe | växes | vuxes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | växande | |||
| Past participle | vuxen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of växa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | växa | växas | ||
| Supine | växt | växts | ||
| Imperative | väx | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | växen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | växer | växte | växes | växtes |
| Ind. plural1 | växa | växte | växas | växtes |
| Subjunctive2 | växe | växte | växes | växtes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | växande | |||
| Past participle | växt | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Antonyms
See also
Further reading
- växa in Svensk ordbok.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.