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Wachs

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See also: wachs and Wåchs

German

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Etymology

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    From Middle High German wahs, from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą. Akin to Luxembourgish Wuess, Dutch was, English wax, Danish voks, Swedish vax.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /vaks/
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    Noun

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    Wachs n or (nonstandard) m (strong, genitive Wachses, plural Wachse)

    1. wax
    2. (ornithology) cere

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    Descendants

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    • Russian: вакса (vaksa)
      • Armenian: վաքս (vakʻs), վակս (vaks)
      • Persian: واکس (vâks)

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    Hunsrik

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Wachs n (plural Wachs)

    1. wax

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    Further reading

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    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Wachs”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch